INS Ajay (1960)
| History | |
|---|---|
 India | |
| Name | INS Ajay |
| Builder | Garden Reach Workshop, Kolkata |
| Fate | Transferred to Bangladesh |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Ajay-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 35.7 m (117 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Complement | 35 |
| Armament |
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INS Ajay was the first warship[1][2] built in Independent India[3] and the namesake of the Ajay-class patrol vessels. She was built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, and was delivered to the Indian Navy in 1961.[4]
Following the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the Indian Navy gave two patrol vessels to the newly-established nation in order to create the new Bangladesh Navy. INS Ajay's sister ship INS Akshay (P3136) was transferred as BNS Padma in April 1973, and in July 1974, INS Ajay herself was transferred as BNS Surma.[5][6]
See also
References
- ↑ "Indian Navy Indigenisation Present State". Indian Navy. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ↑ "Achievements & Highlights". Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ↑ "Keel Laying of Fast Patrol Vessel at GRSE". Sainik Samachar. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ↑ "GRSE launches 8th and last ship in a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts". Indian Ministry of Defence. 21 July 2025.
- ↑ "Surma (6124889)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ↑ Hiranandani, G. M. (2000). "Transfer of Naval Ships to Foreign Navies". Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965-1975. Lancer Publishers. p. 387. ISBN 978-1-897829-72-1.