BNS Sagar

History
Bangladesh
Class and type: Type 010 minesweeper
Name: BNS Sagar
Commissioned: 27 April 1995
Status: In active service
General characteristics
Displacement:
  • 520 tonnes (standard)
  • 590 tonnes (full load)
Length: 196 ft 8 in (59.94 m)
Beam: 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
Draught: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Propulsion:
  • 2 × PCR/Kolomna Type 9-D-8 diesels
  • 2,000 hp (1,491 kW)
  • 2 shafts
Speed: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Range: 3,000 nmi (5,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement: 70 (10 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Type 756 I-Band Surface Search radar
  • Sonar: Celcius Tech CMAS 36/39 active high frequency mine detection sonar
Armament:
Notes: Pennant Number: M 91

BNS Sagar is a Type 010 minesweeper of the Bangladeshi Navy. She is serving Bangladeshi Navy from 1995.

Career

BNS Sagar was commissioned in Bangladesh Navy on 27 April 1995. She is currently being used as a patrol ship

She gone through an upgradation program in 1998 where her Tamir II hull mounted active search and attack sonar was replaced by Celsius Tech CMAS36/29 mine detection sonar.

BNS Sagar took part in rescuing operation of a sunken fishing vessel FV Bandhan in Chittagong from 28 November 2014.[1]

Armament

The ship carries two Type 76 twin 37 mm naval gun of 63 cal. which can be used in both anti-surface ant ant-air role. She also carries two Type 61 25mm AAA guns which can fire at a rate of 70-300rpm with 2.3 km range. Besides two twin 14.5 machine guns are also there. For anti-submarine role, she carries two BMB-2 projectors with 20 depth charges. Finally, she can carry 12-16 mines.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navy divers locate sunken vessel in Bay.". thedailystar.net. 29 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
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