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List of historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy

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This article is a list of all historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy that are decommissioned or damaged since 1971.

Bangladesh vessels use the prefix "BNS", standing for "Bangladesh Navy Ship".

Frigates

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Class Picture Type Ships Displacement (Tons) Note
Type 053H1 (Jianghu-II) classGuided missile frigateBNS Osman (F 18)1,730Ex-PLAN Xiangtan. First guided missile frigate of the Bangladesh Navy. Decommissioned in 2020.[citation needed]
Type 61 Salisbury classFrigateBNS Umar Farooq (F 16)2,408Ex-HMS Llandaff (F61). After brief use as museum ship from December 2015,[1] she was sold for demolition in Bangladesh in 2016.[2]
Type 41 Leopard classFrigateBNS Abu Bakr (F 15)
BNS Ali Haider (F 17)		2,520Ex-HMS Lynx and ex-HMS Jaguar.[3] Replaced with two Type 053H2 Jianghu-III-class guided missile frigates, Huangshi and Wuhu[4]

Offshore patrol vessels

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Class Picture Type Ships Displacement (Tons) Note
Bishkhali classLPCBNS Bishkhali (P 311)143Ex-PNS Jessore. Decommissioned on 20 May 2014.[5]
Island classOPVBNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin570Decommissioned on 16 June 2020.[citation needed]
Ajay classOPVBNS Padma (P 312)
BNS Surma (P 313)		150Ex-INS Aksay and ex-INS Ajay, gifted by Indian Navy in 1973 and 1974.[6]

Fast attack craft

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Class Picture Type Ships Displacement (Tons) Note
Missile
Type 024 missile boatMissile boatBNS Durbar (P 8111)
BNS Duranta (P 8112)
BNS Durvedya (P 8113)
BNS Durdam (P 8114)
BNS Uttal (P 8141)		79Decommissioned on 30 March 2017.[citation needed]
Gun
Type 062 class gunboatFast attack craft (gun)BNS Tawfique (P 611)
BNS Tawheed (P 612)
BNS Tamjeed (P 613)
BNS Tanveer (P 614)
BNS Shaheed Daulat (P 411)
BNS Shaheed Farid (P 412)
BNS Shahhed Mohibullah (P 413)
BNS Shaheed Akhtaruddin (P 414)		135Four transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard.
ASW
Type 037 class submarine chaserSubmarine chaserBNS Durjoy (P 811)
BNS Nirbhoy (P 812)		392
Kraljevica classSubmarine chaserBNS Karnafuli (P314)
BNS Tista (P315)		245Decommissioned on 9 November 2022.
Torpedo
Type 025 class torpedo boatTorpedo boatBNS TB 35 (T 8235)
BNS TB 36 (T 8236)
BNS TB 37 (T 8237)
BNS TB 38 (T 8238)		45Standard: 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.[7]
P 4-class torpedo boatTorpedo boatBNS TB 1 (T 8221)
BNS TB 2 (T 8222)
BNS TB 3 (T 8223)
BNS TB 4 (T 8224)		19.5Standard: 2 x 450 mm torpedo tubes and 2 x 14.5 mm heavy machine guns.

Riverine patrol boats

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Class Picture Type Ships Displacement (Tons) Note
Pabna classRiverine patrol craftBNS Pabna (P 111)
BNS Noakhali (P 112)
BNS Patuakhali (P 113)
BNS Rangamati (P 114)
BNS Bogra (P 115)		69Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard in 1995.

Research and survey ships

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Class Picture Type Ships Displacement (Tons) Note
Yuch'in classCoastal survey shipBNS Tallashi (H 582)85Chinese made Landing Craft Mechanized. She was converted into coastal survey vessel in 1983 with the addition of survey equipment. 25 m length. 2 × twin 14.5 mm guns. After serving the Bangladesh Navy for around 36 years, the ship was decommissioned on 19 December 2019.[8][9]

Training ship

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Class Picture Type Ships Displacement (Tons) Note
Island classTraining ship
OPV		BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin (A511)
1 280
Ex-Royal Navy Island-class patrol vessel HMS Jersey.

Amphibious warfare

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Class Picture Type Ships Displacement (Tons) Note
Yuch'in classLanding Craft MechanizedBNS LCT 104 (A 586)85Chinese made. Received on 1 July 1986. 25 m length. 2 × twin 14.5 mm guns. Decommissioned in 2005.

Auxiliaries

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Class Picture Type Ships Displacement (Tons) Note
Oil tankerFleet tankerBNS Khan Jahan Ali (A 515)665Ex-Soho Maru (T1056) by Naikai Shipbuilding Setoda in Onomichi, Japan 1963.[10] Sold after 1983 and commissioned on 14 July 1987 as naval tanker. Decommissioned after 28 years on 05 Sept 2015.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "BNS Umar Farooq inaugurated as museum ship". Daily Sun. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Auction of Bangladesh Navy ship ex-BNS Umar Farooq" (PDF). Dakha: Ministry of Defence. 27 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "History of the Bangladesh Navy". Join Bangladesh Navy. Bangladesh Navy. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  4. ↑ "BNS Abu Bakar, BNS Ali Haider de-commissioned". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Photo: The decommissioning ceremony of BNS Bishkhali". The Financial Express. Dhaka. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Indian Navy's Inshore Patrol Vessels" (PDF). Orbat.info. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Bangladesh decommissions Type 25 torpedo boats". IHS Jane's 360. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনীর জরীপ জাহাজ 'তল্লাশী'র ডি-কমিশনিং অনুষ্ঠিত". ISPR. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "Khulna Shipyard lays keel for five more Padma-class patrol vessels for Bangladeshi Navy". Janes 360. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "Khan Jahan Ali". maritime-connector.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
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