Class overview
NameAjay class
BuildersGarden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
Operators
Completed6
Retired6
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Displacement
  • 120 tons (standard)
  • 151 tons (full)
Length35.7 m (117 ft 2 in)
Beam6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Draught1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Propulsion
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement35
Armament

The Ajay-class patrol vessels were built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers in the 1960s. The lead vessel, INS Ajay was the first warship built in Independent India.[1][2][3] They were sometimes viewed as a variant of the Ford-class seaward defence boats.[4] Two were transferred to the Bangladesh Navy and one to Mauritius; later versions could have different armament

Ships

Name Builder Commissioned Fate Comments
Ajay GRSE 1961 Transferred to Bangladesh Navy on 26 July 1974 Transferred to the Bangladesh Navy on 26 July 1974, served as BNS Surma and was eventually decommissioned
Amar 11 July 1969[5] Decommissioned March 1974 Transferred to Mauritius and commissioned as MNS Amar on 3 April 1974. She was later re-commissioned in the Mauritius Coast Guard as CGS Amar on 24 July 1987. She served as Mauritius's only naval vessel for over two decades, and was decommissioned on 19 March 1998.[6][7]
Ajit 9 December 1969[5] Decommissioned July 1971 Foundered
Atul 11 June 1970[5] Decommissioned 1980s
Akshay Unknown Transferred to Bangladesh Navy on 12 April 1973[5] Transferred to Bangladesh Navy on 12 April 1973[8] and served as BNS Padma and was eventually decommissioned
Abhay 13 November 1961 Decommissioned 20 June 1980[5]

References

  1. ^ "Indian Navy Indigenisation Present State". Indian Navy. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Achievements & Highlights". Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Keel Laying of Fast Patrol Vessel at GRSE". Sainik Samachar. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. ^ "BNS Padma - Coastal Patrol Craft (Akshay / Ajay Class)". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Indian Navy's Inshore Patrol Vessels" (PDF). Orbat.info. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  6. ^ "The Mauritius-India Naval Relationship: Naval Diplomacy 2.0". idsa.in. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  7. ^ "40 Years of the Maritime Wing of the Mauritius Police Force (1974-2014)". mauritianphilatelicblog. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh Navy History". Bangladesh Navy. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
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