Ajay-class patrol vessel

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

Class overview
Name	Ajay class
Builders	Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
Operators	Indian Navy  Bangladesh Navy Mauritius Navy/Coast Guard
Completed	6
Retired	6
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Displacement	120 tons (standard) 151 tons (full)
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	2 Paxman YHAXM diesel engines 1,000 hp (750 kW)} 2 shafts
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range	500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	35
Armament	1 x Bofors 40 mm gun 4 x GIAT 20 mm F2 AA gun

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]