BNS Uttal

History
Bangladesh
Class and type: Type 024 class missile boat
Name: BNS Uttal
Builder: Wuhu Shipyard
Commissioned: 1 August 1992
In service: 1992-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-8141

BNS Uttal is a Type 024 Missile Boat of Bangladesh Navy. The ship is serving Bangladesh Navy from 1992.

Career

BNS Uttal was commissioned on 1 August 1992. In Exercise Sea Thunder 2014, BNS Uttal fired SY-1 missile.[1]

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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