Guardian-class patrol boat vs Saryu-class patrol vessel

APatrol & mine warfare vessels

Guardian-class patrol boat

Patrol boat

Saryu-class patrol vessel — licensed reference photograph

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

Saryu-class patrol vessel

Offshore patrol vessel

Credit

Petty Officer 3rd Class Wade Costin · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Guardian-class patrol boatLength

39.5 m

Length source ↗

Saryu-class patrol vesselLength

105 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Guardian-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 3

None

Saryu-class patrol vessellarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+166%
Beam+61%
Speed+24%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

39.5m

105m

Length+166%

All recorded figures & sources

39.5 m

Length

Single source

39.5 m (129 ft 7 in)^[source]

105 m

Length

Single source

105 m (344 ft)^[source]

12.9m

Beam+61%

All recorded figures & sources

8 m

Beam

Single source

8 m (26 ft 3 in)^[source]

12.9 m

Beam

Single source

12.9 m (42 ft)^[source]

2.5mDraft

4.9m

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

2.5 m

Draft

Single source

2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)^[source]

4.9 m

Draught

Single source

4.9 m (16 ft)^[source]

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2,230t

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

2,230 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

2,230 t (2,190 long tons; 2,460 short tons)^[source]

16 officers and 102 sailors

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

23 people

Complement

Single source

23^[source]

16 officers and 102 sailors^[source]

37km/hMaximum; Speed

46km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+24%

All recorded figures & sources

37 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)^[source]

46 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

25 kn (46 km/h)^[source]

5,600kmat 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

11,000kmat 16 kn (30 km/h)

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

5,600 km

at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

Single source

3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)^[source]

11,000 km

at 16 kn (30 km/h)

Single source

6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 16 kn (30 km/h)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Guardian-class patrol boat and Saryu-class patrol vessel configuration
Specification	Guardian-class patrol boat	Saryu-class patrol vessel
Power	—	2 × Pielstick PA 6B STC diesel engines, 21,725 PS (15,979 kW)^[source]
Type	Patrol boat^[source]	Offshore patrol vessel^[source]
Propulsion	2 × Caterpillar 3516C diesels, 2 shafts^[source]	—
Armament	Australia shipped the vessels complete, except for weapons. 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns (Solomon Islands)^[source]	1 × 76 mm/62 Oto Melara gun 2 × 30 mm/65 AK-630 CIWS^[source]
Name	Guardian class^[source]	Saryu class^[source]
Builders	Austal^[source]	Goa Shipyard Limited^[source]
Operators	Papua New Guinea ( Military ) Tuvalu ( Police ) Tonga ( Military ) Samoa ( Police ) Solomon Islands ( Police ) Fiji ( Navy ) Palau ( Police ) Kiribati ( Police ) Vanuatu ( Police ) Republic of Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia ( Police ) Cook Islands ( Police ) Timor Leste ( Military ) Maldives ( MNDF Coast Guard )^[source]	Indian Navy Sri Lanka Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Pacific class^[source]	Sukanya class^[source]
Cost	30 million Samoan tālā ( which was A$ 15.88 million on 2021-08-05 )^[source]	—
Built	2018–present^[source]	—
Planned	24^[source]	6^[source]
Active	14 (30 June 2022)^[source]	6^[source]
Lost	1^[source]	—
Country of origin	Australia^[source]	India^[source]
Succeeded by	—	Shachi class (2017) (cancelled) Shachi class (2026)^[source]
In commission	—	2013 – present^[source]
Completed	—	6^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	—	Sperry Bridgemaster I-band navigation radar EON-51 electro-optical FCS^[source]
Electronic warfare & decoys	—	Sanket Mk III Electronic Support System Communication Intelligence System ELK 7036 4 × Kavach chaff launchers^[source]
Aircraft carried	—	1 × HAL Dhruv^[source]
Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Indian Navy Reported operator · Sri Lanka Navy

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Guardian-class patrol boat

Saryu-class patrol vessel

Power

—

2 × Pielstick PA 6B STC diesel engines, 21,725 PS (15,979 kW)^[source]

Type

Patrol boat^[source]

Offshore patrol vessel^[source]

Propulsion

2 × Caterpillar 3516C diesels, 2 shafts^[source]

—

Armament

Australia shipped the vessels complete, except for weapons. 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns (Solomon Islands)^[source]

1 × 76 mm/62 Oto Melara gun 2 × 30 mm/65 AK-630 CIWS^[source]

Name

Guardian class^[source]

Saryu class^[source]

Builders

Austal^[source]

Goa Shipyard Limited^[source]

Operators

Papua New Guinea ( Military ) Tuvalu ( Police ) Tonga ( Military ) Samoa ( Police ) Solomon Islands ( Police ) Fiji ( Navy ) Palau ( Police ) Kiribati ( Police ) Vanuatu ( Police ) Republic of Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia ( Police ) Cook Islands ( Police ) Timor Leste ( Military ) Maldives ( MNDF Coast Guard )^[source]

Indian Navy Sri Lanka Navy^[source]

Preceded by

Pacific class^[source]

Sukanya class^[source]

Cost

30 million Samoan tālā ( which was A$ 15.88 million on 2021-08-05 )^[source]

—

Built

2018–present^[source]

—

Planned

24^[source]

6^[source]

Active

14 (30 June 2022)^[source]

6^[source]

Lost

1^[source]

—

Country of origin

Australia^[source]

India^[source]

Succeeded by

—

Shachi class (2017) (cancelled) Shachi class (2026)^[source]

In commission

—

2013 – present^[source]

Completed

—

6^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

—

Sperry Bridgemaster I-band navigation radar EON-51 electro-optical FCS^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys

—

Sanket Mk III Electronic Support System Communication Intelligence System ELK 7036 4 × Kavach chaff launchers^[source]

Aircraft carried

—

1 × HAL Dhruv^[source]

Reported operators

—

Reported operator · Indian Navy
Reported operator · Sri Lanka Navy