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Description
Specifications:

Class: Galathea
Type: Fast Attack Ship
Year of introduction: 2006
Length: 61 meters
Crew: 32

Speed: 36 knots

Armament:

1x OTO Melara 76mm gun
1x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
12-Cell VLS for 6x Anti-submarine missiles and 6x anti-air missiles (usually mix of RIM-162 ESSM and RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles)
8x Harpoon launchers (usually only 8 missiles were on board, however there is space for another 8 missiles)
1x M245 Mk 45 Bushmaster canon
2x M2 Browning machine guns

Galathea class was designed and ordered before Lotus class, despite this Lotus class enter service first due been cheaper and easier to buil. Galathea was on the other hand rather expensive fast attack ship and it took two additional years before first ship was built. Galathea was considered to be the most advanced Fast Attack Ship or missile ship in the world. Due fact that was armed to the teeth, very manuverable and carry very good radar systems, it was also one of most expensive ones. This was main reason that original order of fifteen ships was cut to only six. To compesate this cut, Bengalore Royal Navy order alternative, cheaper class - Lotus. While Lotus was still well armed, there was serious cuts in its designs, making it faster to built and cheaper to maintain.

Galathea itself was variant of new American Fearless class fast attack craft. Due all Bengalore shipyards been busy with building new ships and maintaining the existing ones, all six of the first batch were built in United States while the second batch was to be built on Bengalore shipyards. Many in BRN called Galathea mini Ganges in term of its capabilities.

Second batch was not even planned due ship been more expensive then Lotus or previous Shailendra. However with rising tensions between Bengalore and India, BRN invest heavily in modernization of its forces and increasing the numbers of ships and submarines in service.

Second batch was increased from six to eight totaling fourteen ships in all. Ships of second batch were to replace remaining Shailendra ships.

In service:

Batch I:

FS59 Galathea - commissioned in 2007
FS60 Dachigam - commissioned in 2009
FS61 Chandoli - commissioned in 2010
FS62 Idravati - commissioned in 2012
FS63 Indira Gandhi - commissioned in 2014
FS64 Kanha - commmissioned in 2015

Batch II:

FS76 Khirganga - commissioned in 2021
FS77 Murgavani - on sea trials, to be commissioned in late 2022
FS78 Nameri - on sea trials, to be commissioned in late 2022
FS79 Orang - under construction, to be commissioned in mid 2023
FS80 Panna - under construction, to be commissioned in late 2023
FS81 Pernai - construction planned to start early in 2023, commission planned early in 2024
FS82 (not named) - planned
FS83 (not named) - planned

Description
Specifications:

Class: Galathea
Type: Fast Attack Ship
Year of introduction: 2006
Length: 61 meters
Crew: 32

Speed: 36 knots

Armament:

1x OTO Melara 76mm gun
1x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
12-Cell VLS for 6x Anti-submarine missiles and 6x anti-air missiles (usually mix of RIM-162 ESSM and RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles)
8x Harpoon launchers (usually only 8 missiles were on board, however there is space for another 8 missiles)
1x M245 Mk 45 Bushmaster canon
2x M2 Browning machine guns

Galathea class was designed and ordered before Lotus class, despite this Lotus class enter service first due been cheaper and easier to buil. Galathea was on the other hand rather expensive fast attack ship and it took two additional years before first ship was built. Galathea was considered to be the most advanced Fast Attack Ship or missile ship in the world. Due fact that was armed to the teeth, very manuverable and carry very good radar systems, it was also one of most expensive ones. This was main reason that original order of fifteen ships was cut to only six. To compesate this cut, Bengalore Royal Navy order alternative, cheaper class - Lotus. While Lotus was still well armed, there was serious cuts in its designs, making it faster to built and cheaper to maintain.

Galathea itself was variant of new American Fearless class fast attack craft. Due all Bengalore shipyards been busy with building new ships and maintaining the existing ones, all six of the first batch were built in United States while the second batch was to be built on Bengalore shipyards. Many in BRN called Galathea mini Ganges in term of its capabilities.

Second batch was not even planned due ship been more expensive then Lotus or previous Shailendra. However with rising tensions between Bengalore and India, BRN invest heavily in modernization of its forces and increasing the numbers of ships and submarines in service.

Second batch was increased from six to eight totaling fourteen ships in all. Ships of second batch were to replace remaining Shailendra ships.

In service:

Batch I:

FS59 Galathea - commissioned in 2007
FS60 Dachigam - commissioned in 2009
FS61 Chandoli - commissioned in 2010
FS62 Idravati - commissioned in 2012
FS63 Indira Gandhi - commissioned in 2014
FS64 Kanha - commmissioned in 2015

Batch II:

FS76 Khirganga - commissioned in 2021
FS77 Murgavani - on sea trials, to be commissioned in late 2022
FS78 Nameri - on sea trials, to be commissioned in late 2022
FS79 Orang - under construction, to be commissioned in mid 2023
FS80 Panna - under construction, to be commissioned in late 2023
FS81 Pernai - construction planned to start early in 2023, commission planned early in 2024
FS82 (not named) - planned
FS83 (not named) - planned