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SRI LANKA NAVY (SRI LANKA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

HANSAYA personnel transports (1983/1987)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
හංසයා [Hansaya] (ex-Offshore Pioneer) A540   Aluminium SB, Hobart, Australia     1983 // 20.12.1987 in service (2019)
ලිහිණිය [Lihiniya] (ex-Offshore Pride) A541   Aluminium SB, Hobart, Australia     1983 // 20.12.1987 sunk 23.10.2000

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

153

Length, m

30.0

Breadth, m

11.2

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU diesels

Power, h. p.

3560

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/79

Military load

120 passengers, 60 t cargo

Electronic equipment Furuno FR1012 radar

Complement

12

Project history: Catamaran hull. Purchased from Ceylon Shipping Corp.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Lihiniya was sunk by Tamil Tigers 23.10.2000.

Lihiniya 1990

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