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Cassiopea-class patrol vessellarger figure on 0 of 2
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| Specification | Cassiopea-class patrol vessel | Saryu-class patrol vessel |
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| Complement | — | 16 officers and 102 sailors[source] |
| Power | - 2 x shafts - 2 x diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste BL-230.16 propulsion diesels 5.84 kW (7.83 bhp) - 3 x diesel engine generators Isotta Fraschini ID 36SS6V - 1 x diesel engine generator Isotta Fraschini VM-V6130T for emergency[source] | 2 × Pielstick PA 6B STC diesel engines, 21,725 PS (15,979 kW)[source] |
| Name | Cassiopea[source] | Saryu class[source] |
| Builders | Fincantieri – Muggiano[source] | Goa Shipyard Limited |
Saryu-class patrol vessellarger figure on 2 of 2
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79.80 m (261 ft 10 in) oa 71.50 m (234 ft 7 in) pp[source]
Length
Single source105 m (344 ft)[source]
officers, 54 enlisted
Single source6 officers, 54 enlisted[source]
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| Operators | Italian Navy Albanian Naval Force[source] | Indian Navy Sri Lanka Navy[source] |
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| Completed |
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| Active | Cassiopea (P 401) Libra (P 133) Spica (P 403) Vega (P 404)[source] |
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| Type | Patrol vessel[source] | Offshore patrol vessel[source] |
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| Endurance | 35 days[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × SMA SPN-748(V)2 Navigation radar 1 × AESN SPS-702(v)2 surface search radar 1 × AESN SPG-70 (RTN 10X) fire control radar 1 × GEM Elettronica Gemini-DB navigation radar[source] | Sperry Bridgemaster I-band navigation radar EON-51 electro-optical FCS[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Elint equipment[source] | Sanket Mk III Electronic Support System Communication Intelligence System ELK 7036 4 × Kavach chaff launchers[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × OTO Melara 76/62mm Allargato gun 2 × OTO Melara 25/80 guns with Oerlikon KBA 25 mm 2 × 7,62 mm MG 42/59 machine guns[source] | 1 × 76 mm/62 Oto Melara gun 2 × 30 mm/65 AK-630 CIWS[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 Agusta-Bell AB-212 ASW helicopter[source] | 1 × HAL Dhruv[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Hangar and flight deck[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Italy[source] | India[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Sukanya class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Shachi class (2017) (cancelled) Shachi class (2026)[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2013 – present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Reported operators | — |
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