SLNS Jayasagara

SLNS Jayasagara (P-601) (Jayasagara, in Sinhalese: Sea of victory) is an Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) of the Sri Lanka Navy. It was the lead ship of the locally built Jayasagara class. She served as the flagship of the fleet in the 1980s and 1990s.

History
Sri Lanka
Builder: Colombo Dockyard Limited
Launched: 1983
Commissioned: 1983
Status: Active Service
General characteristics
Type: Offshore patrol vessel
Displacement: 330 tons full load
Length: 39.8 metres
Beam: 7 metres
Draught: 2.2 meters
Propulsion: 2 × diesel engines, 2 shafts, 2,040 bhp
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 52
Sensors and
processing systems:
civil navigation radar and day/night Optics.
Armament: 1 dual 25mm, 2 dual 14.5mm, 1 40mm L/70? and additional armaments.
Aircraft carried: none
Aviation facilities: none

Operations

Since joining the Sri Lankan fleet in 1983, she served as its flagship and was deployed for patrolling the coastal water around Sri Lanka. Due to this she was attached to the 7th Surveillance Command Squadron. During the Sri Lankan Civil War, Jayesagara was involved in anti arms smuggling patrols and maritime surveillance. In 2004 she took part in a joint naval exercise with the Indian Coast Guard. Since the end of the civil war she has engaged in search and rescue missions in the Indian Ocean.

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