BNS Durvedya

History
Bangladesh
Class and type: Type 024 class missile boat
Name: BNS Durvedya
Builder: Wuhu Shipyard
Commissioned: 10 November, 1983
In service: 1983-Present
Status: In Active Service
General characteristics
Displacement: 79 tons
Length: 79 m (259 ft)
Beam: 27 m (89 ft)
Draft: 1.8 m (5.9 ft)
Installed power: 4 x Chinese L-12V-180 diesel engines; 4,800 hp (3,600 kW)
Propulsion: 4 shafts
Speed: 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Range: 520 nmi (960 km; 600 mi) at 26 kn (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Complement: 17
Sensors and
processing systems:
1 × Type 352 Square Tie Surface search radar
Armament:
  • 2 × SY-1 missiles
  • 2 × Type 61 25 mm guns (II x 2)
Notes: Pennant Number: P-8113

BNS Durvedya is a Type 024 Missile Boat of Bangladesh Navy. The ship is serving Bangladesh Navy from 1983.

Career

BNS Durvedya was commissioned on 10 November, 1983. In the cyclone of 1991, the ship was damaged and later on repaired.

Design

The ship carries two SY-1 anti-ship missiles. Besides, it also carries two Type 61 25 mm (II x 2) guns. For surface search, it has a Type 352 Square Tie Radar. It carries the Chinese copy of Soviet M50 engine called L-12V-180 engines which can run the ship at a top speed of 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph).

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