List of historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy
This article is about the historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy. For active ships, see List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy.
This is a list of all historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy that are decommissioned or damaged from 1971.
Bangladesh vessels use the prefix "BNS", standing for "Bangladesh Navy Ship".
Frigates
| Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement (Tons) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury-class frigate |
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Patrol Frigate | BNS Umar Farooq (F16) | 2 408 | ex-HMS Llandaff (F61). The ship participated in the search for missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 in the Bay of Bengal in March 2014. Decommissioned on 30 December 2015. Now being used as museum ship.[1] |
| Type 41 Leopard class |  | Frigate | BNS Abu Bakar BNS Ali Haider | 2,520 | Ex-HMS Lynx and Ex-HMS Jaguar. Decommissioned on 22 January 2014. To be replaced with two Type 053H2 Jianghu-III Class Guided Missile Frigates, Huangshi and Wuhu[2] |
Large patrol crafts
| Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement (Tons) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishkhali Class | LPC | BNS Bishkhali | 143 | Ex-PNS Jessore. Decommissioned on 20 May 2014.[3] |
Offshore patrol vessels
| Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement (Tons) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajay Class | OPV | BNS Padma BNS Surma | 150 | Ex-INS Aksay and Ex-INS Ajay, gifted by Indian Navy in 1973 and 1974.[4] |
Fast attack crafts
| Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement (Tons) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gun | |||||
| Shanghai II |  | Fast Attack Craft (Gun) | BNS Tawfique (P 611) BNS Tawheed (P 612) BNS Tamjeed (P 613) BNS Tanveer (P 614) | 135 | Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard. |
| ASW | |||||
| Type 037 class submarine chaser | ASW | BNS Durjoy | 392 | Damaged beyond repair in 1995. | |
| Torpedo | |||||
| Type 025 class torpedo boat |  | Torpedo Boat | BNS TB 35 BNS TB 36 BNS TB 37 BNS TB 38 | 45 | Standard: 2 x 533 mm torpedo tubes and 4 x 14.5 mm heavy machine guns (2x2), 2 mines and additional machine guns. Decommissioned on 18 June 2015.[5] |
Revirine Patrol Boats
| Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement (Tons) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pabna Class | Riverine Patrol Craft | BNS Pabna (P 111) BNS Noakhali (P 112) BNS Patuakhali (P 113) BNS Rangamati (P 114) BNS Bogra (P 115) BNS Atrai (P 116) | 69 | Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard in 1995. |
Auxiliaries
| Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement (Tons) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil Tanker | Fleet Tanker | BNS Khan Jahan Ali | 665 | Ex-Soho Maru (T1056) by Naikai Shipbuilding Setoda in Onomichi , Japan 1963.[6] Sold after 1983 and commissioned on 14 July 1987 as naval tanker. Decommissioned after 28 years on 05 Sept 2015. |
See also
- List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy
- List of ships of the Bangladesh Coast Guard
- List of active aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force
- List of historic aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force
- List of active Bangladesh military aircraft
References
- ↑ "BNS Umar Farooq inaugurated as museum ship". BNS Umar Farooq inaugurated as museum ship | daily-sun.com. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
- ↑ "BNS Abu Bakar, BNS Ali Haider de-commissioned - Dhaka Tribune". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ "Photo: The decommissioning ceremony of BNS Bishkhali - LAST PAGE - Financial Express :: Financial Newspaper of Bangladesh". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ "Indian Navy’s Inshore Patrol Vessels." (PDF). Orbat.info. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ↑ "Bangladesh decommissions Type 25 torpedo boats". IHS Jane's 360. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ http://maritime-connector.com/ship/khan-jahan-ali-5413549
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