List of historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy

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) class   Guided missile frigate BNS Osman (F 18) 1,730 Ex-PLAN Xiangtan. First guided missile frigate of the Bangladesh Navy. Decommissioned in 2020.[citation needed]
Type 61 Salisbury class   Frigate BNS Umar Farooq (F 16) 2,408 Ex-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 class   Frigate BNS Abu Bakr (F 15)
BNS Ali Haider (F 17)
2,520 Ex-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 class LPC BNS Bishkhali (P 311) 143 Ex-PNS Jessore. Decommissioned on 20 May 2014.[5]
Island class OPV BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin 570 Decommissioned on 16 June 2020.[citation needed]
Ajay class OPV BNS Padma (P 312)
BNS Surma (P 313)
150 Ex-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 boat Missile boat BNS Durbar (P 8111)
BNS Duranta (P 8112)
BNS Durvedya (P 8113)
BNS Durdam (P 8114)
BNS Uttal (P 8141)
79 Decommissioned on 30 March 2017.[citation needed]
Gun
Type 062 class gunboat   Fast 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)
135 Four transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard.
ASW
Type 037 class submarine chaser Submarine chaser BNS Durjoy (P 811)
BNS Nirbhoy (P 812)
392
Kraljevica class Submarine chaser BNS Karnafuli (P314)
BNS Tista (P315)
245 Decommissioned on 9 November 2022.
Torpedo
Type 025 class torpedo boat   Torpedo boat BNS TB 35 (T 8235)
BNS TB 36 (T 8236)
BNS TB 37 (T 8237)
BNS TB 38 (T 8238)
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.[7]
P 4-class torpedo boat   Torpedo boat BNS TB 1 (T 8221)
BNS TB 2 (T 8222)
BNS TB 3 (T 8223)
BNS TB 4 (T 8224)
19.5 Standard: 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 class Riverine patrol craft BNS Pabna (P 111)
BNS Noakhali (P 112)
BNS Patuakhali (P 113)
BNS Rangamati (P 114)
BNS Bogra (P 115)
69 Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard in 1995.

Research and survey ships

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Class Picture Type Ships Displacement (Tons) Note
Yuch'in class   Coastal survey ship BNS Tallashi (H 582) 85 Chinese 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 class   Training 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 class   Landing Craft Mechanized BNS LCT 104 (A 586) 85 Chinese 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 tanker Fleet tanker BNS Khan Jahan Ali (A 515) 665 Ex-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.