Ranavijaya-class landing craft
Sri Lankan Naval landing craft
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The Ranavijaya-class landing craft is a landing craft utility developed by the Colombo Dockyard Limited for the Sri Lanka Navy. Two ships of this class have been built; the Ranagaja commissioned in 1991 and the Ranavijaya commissioned in 1994.[1]
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ranavijaya class |
| Builders | Colombo Dockyard Limited |
| Operators |  Sri Lanka Navy |
| Completed | 2 |
| Active | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Landing Craft Utility |
| Displacement | (full load) 128 tons |
| Length | 34 m (112 ft) |
| Beam | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Draft | 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) |
| Depth | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion | Two diesels |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Range | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km) |
| Troops | 268 |
| Crew | 28 |
| Armament | 4 14.5mm machine guns, 2 20mm machine guns and 2 12.7mm machine guns |
Based on this class a Fast Landing Craft was built by Colombo Dockyard for the Maldivian Coast Guard, the smaller craft was 28m in length and has an aluminum hull.[citation needed]
