BNS Tista

History
Bangladesh
Class and type: Kraljevica-class
Name: BNS Tista
Builder: Kraljevica Shipyard
Launched: 1956
Acquired: June 6, 1975
Commissioned: June 6, 1975
Recommissioned: 1998 (after engine change)
In service: 1975-Present
Refit: 1998
Homeport: Chittagong
Status: In Active Service
General characteristics [1]
Displacement:
  • 190 t (190 long tons) standard
  • 202 t (199 long tons) full load
Length: 41.0 m (134.5 ft)
Beam: 6.3 m (21 ft)
Draught: 2.2 m (7.2 ft)
Propulsion: 2x MAN V8V 30/38 diesels; 3,300 bhp (2,500 kW)
Speed: 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range: 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 4 officers, 40 other ranks
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Surface search: Decca 1229; I-band
  • Sonars: OCU 2; hull-mounted: active; high frequency
Armament:
  • 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/70 guns
  • 4 × 20 mm cannon
  • 2 × 128 mm rocket launchers
  • 2× Mk 6 depth charge launchers, 2 x depth charge racks
Notes: Pennant Number: P 315

BNS Tista is a Kraljevica-class patrol boat in service with the Bangladesh Navy.[1]

Career

BNS Tista was built as PBR 505, a Type 501 Kraljevica-class patrol boat for the Yugoslav Navy in 1956.[2] The ship along with her sister ship BNS Karnafuli were acquired from Yugoslavia in 1975[1] and commissioned on 6 June 1975. The ships has undergone upgrades in 1995 to 1998. She is in active duty now.

Armament

The ship is armed with two Bofors 40 mm L/70 guns and four 20 mm cannon. Beside it carries two 128 mm rocket launchers and two racks for Mk 6 Projectors for ASW operations. She is mainly used as ASW ship in Bangladesh Navy.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Baker 1998, p. 41.
  2. ↑ Gardiner and Chumbley 1998, p. 647.

Sources

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