SLNS Sindurala

SLNS Sindurala pennant number P624 is an advanced offshore patrol vessel of the Sri Lankan Navy. It is the sister ship of.
On February 2014 contract was signed by Government of [Sri Lanka] and Goa Shipyard for the two Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Sri Lankan Navy and the production of the first AOPV began on 15 May 2014.

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After the Sri Lankan Navy received the ship, it was equipped with the Israeli Intercepting Equipment. Although the ships of the Saryu class mount a OTO Melara 76 mm gun as its main armament, the Navy decided to mount a Chinese Type 76 twin 37 mm naval gun as its main armament and two Typhoon Mk-30c equipped with the 30mm Mk44 Bushmaster II as its secondary armament in place of the AK-630 CIWS used in the Indian Navy. It was commissioned into the Navy on 19 April 2018.
As its first overseas deployment, SLNS Sindurala took part in Australian maritime exercise, KAKADU 2018 with a complement of 150 personnel, including 26 officers and 124 sailors.