List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy

BNS Samudra Joy is one of the largest frigates of the Bangladesh navy

The Bangladesh Navy currently operates one hundred and five surface ships and craft, including four guided missile frigates, two patrol frigates, four guided missile corvettes, forty-four minor surface combatants of various types (including offshore patrol vessels, coastal patrol boats, missile boats, and minesweepers), and twenty-seven auxiliaries and amphibious landing crafts. In addition, six shore establishments are maintained.

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

Submarine fleet

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Upcoming (2)
Type 035G (Ming-class) Submarine		Submarine	BNS Nabajatra (S161) BNS Joyjatra (S162)	1 830	Bangladesh finalized an agreement with Chinese govt. for transfer of two Type 035G (Ming-class) submarines in Dec 2013.[1] The boats were handed over to the Bangladesh Navy on 14 November 2016 and expected to reach Bangladesh by the beginning of 2017.[2][3][4][5]

Surface fleet

Frigates

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (6)
Ulsan(Mod) Class		Guided Missile Frigate	BNS Bangabandhu (F25)	2 370	Ex-BNS Khalid Bin Walid. Recommissioned on 13 July 2007.
Type 053H1 (Jianghu-II) Class		Guided Missile Frigate	BNS Osman (F18)	1 702	Ex-PLAN Xiangtan, sold to Bangladesh in 1989.
Type 053H2 (Jianghu-III) Class		Guided Missile Frigate	BNS Abu Bakar (F15) BNS Ali Haider (F17)	2 393	Ex-PLAN Huangshi and Ex-PLAN Wuhu, sold to Bangladesh in 2014.
Hamilton-Class		Patrol Frigate	BNS Somudra Joy (F28) BNS Somudra Avijan (F29)	3 248	Somudra Joy was transferred on 22 May 2013[6] while Somudra Avijan was transferred on 6 May 2015.[7] Bangladesh paid $12 million for refits and training for F28.[8] The Third Cutter was officially offered to Navy in July 2015.

Corvette

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (4)
Castle Class		Guided Missile Corvette	BNS Dhaleshwari (F36) BNS Bijoy (F35)	1 550	Armed with 4x C-704 AShM, 1 x 76mm gun (automatic), 2 x Oerlikon 20 mm auto cannons. The ships are equipped with flight deck.
Type 056 corvette (C-13B Version )		Guided Missile Corvette	BNS Shadhinota (F111) BNS Prottoy (F112)	1300	Armed with C-802A Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles, FL-3000N SAM Surface-To-Air Missile Launcher, AK-176 76mm naval gun and 30 mm Cannon dual mode remote controlled weapons system.
Upcoming (2)
Type 056 corvette (C-13B version)		Guided Missile Corvette	BNS BNS	1300	Two more Type 056 corvettes were ordered on 21 July 2015 to China.[9] Bangladesh Navy has a plan to acquire a total of 8 such ships.

Large patrol craft

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (4) On order (2)
Durjoy Class		Guided Missile LPC	BNS Durjoy (P811) BNS Nirmul (P813) BNS BNS	648	Two more ships under constraction at Khulna Shipyard which will have dedicated ASW capabilities. Keel laying was done on 6 September 2015.[10] Six units will be built in Bangladesh's Khulna Shipyard (KSY).
Meghna Class		LPC	BNS Meghna (P211) BNS Jamuna (P212)	410	Built by Vosper Pty., Tanjong Rhu, Singapore. Launched 19 January 1984 (Meghna) and 19 March 1984 (Jamuna). 46.5m length. 1 x 57mm 70-cal Bofors DP gun; 1 x 40mm 70-cal Bofors AA gun; 2 x 7.62mm MG

Offshore patrol vessels

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (11)
Island Class		OPV	BNS Sangu (P713) BNS Turag (P714) BNS Kapatakhaya (P912) BNS Karatoa (P913) BNS Gomati (P914)	1 280	Ex-RN Island-class OPVs. Karotoa delivered 29 July 2002 and Kapatakhya 31 October 2002. Gomati transferred July 2003 and Sangu and Turag during 2004. Shaheed Ruhul Amin operated as a training ship, was delivered December 1993. Sister ship Orkney (P299) was offered in May 1999, but was not acquired. 61m length. Built for deep sea operations, the ships have fin stabilizers and can maintain 12-15kt in Force 8 gale. 1 x 40mm gun + other smaller caliber guns. The ships received new radars and electronics package over the years.
Sea Dragon Class		OPV	BNS Madhumati (P911)	635	Built by Hyundai Shipyard, South Korea. Originally ordered for Coast Guard in July 1995, delivered in October 1997. Commissioned 18 February 1998. Very similar to the South Korean Coast Guard vessels, but with improved fire equipment and Vosper stabilizers. Classified as an OPV. Total of six required but no further order projected. The ship joined UN peacekeeping duties off the coast of Lebanon in May 2010. She is back to home on 11 August 2014. 61m length. 1 x 57mm 70-cal Bofors DP Mk1 DP gun; 1 x 40mm 70-cal Bofors AA; 2 x 20mm 70-cal Oerlikon AA; 2 x 7.62mm mg.
Padma Class[11][12]		OPV	BNS Padma (P312) BNS Surma (P313) BNS Aparajeya (P261) BNS Adamya (P262) BNS Atandra (P263)	350	AMI estimates that 24 additional units of the Padma class patrol vessel will be built at KSY in the Bangladesh and they will be upgraded with C-704 ASM, through the end of the decade.[13]

Fast attack craft

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Missile (9)
Type 024 class missile boat		Missile boat	BNS Durbar (P8111) BNS Duranta (P8112) BNS Durvedya (P8113) BNS Durdam (P8114) BNS Uttal (P8141)	79	Built in China, 1st pair commissioned in BN on 6 April 1983, second pair on 10 November 1983. Two badly damaged in 1991 cyclone, but were repaired. Uttal (P8141) was delivered as a replacement for one of the two badly damaged during 1991 cyclone, and commissioned 1 August 1992. Uttal and Durbar fired their SY-1 missiles during Exercise Sea Thunder 2014.[14]
Type 021 class missile boat		Missile boat	BNS Durdharsha (P8125) BNS Durdanto (P8126) BNS Durdondo (P8128) BNS Anirban (P8131)	205	Built by Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai. First three commissioned 10 November 1988. Two sank in 1991 cyclone and two others were damaged; all were salvaged/repaired. Anirban (P8131) commissioned 1 June 1992. After 2009, the old SY-1 missiles were replaced by 4x C-704AShM as mid-life upgrade.[15]
ASW (4)
Kraljevica class patrol boat		ASW	BNS Karnafuli (P314) BNS Tista (P315)	245	Tista was built as PBR 505, a Type 501 Kraljevica-class patrol boat for the Yugoslav Navy in 1956. She, along with her sister ship was transferred to BN on 6 June 1975.[16][17] Karnaphuli was reduced to reserve in 1988 but was re-engined in 1995 and reactivated. The Tista was re-engined in 1998. 2 x 40mm 60-cal Bofors AA; 1 x quad 20mm Oerlikon; 2 x US Mark 6 depth charge mortars; 2 x depth charge racks.[18]
Haizhui-class submarine chaser		ASW	BNS Barkat (P711)	170	A larger version of Shanghai-II-class. Built by Guijian Shipyard. Commissioned 9 April 1996. 41m length. 2 x twin 37mm 63-cal Type 76 AA guns; 2 x twin 14.5mm Type 69 HMG; 1 x RBU-1200 ASW rocket launcher; 2 x ASW mortars with 8 depth charges.[19][20]
Type 037 class submarine chaser		ASW	BNS Nirbhoy (P812)	392	Two ships commissioned on 1 December 1985. Sister ship BNS Durjoy (P811) damaged beyond repair in 1995. 59m length. 2 x twin 57mm 70-cal Type 76 DP guns; 2 x twin 25mm 60cal Type 61 guns; 4 x RBU-1200 (Type 81) (5-barrel) ASW rockets; 2 x BMB-2 ASW mortars; 2 x depth charge rails with 20+ depth charges.[21]
Gun (9)
Type 062 class gunboat		Gunboat	BNS Shaheed Daulat (P411) BNS Shaheed Farid (P412) BNS Shahhed Mohibullah (P413) BNS Shaheed Akhtaruddin (P414)	135	Eight ships delivered May 1982. Four transferred to Coast Guard (1 in 1996 and 3 in 2005). 39m length. 2 x twin 37mm DP guns; 2 x twin 25mm 60cal Type 61 guns (270-300rpm, 2.3 km range); 2 depth charge throwers + 8 depth charges; can carry mines.
Type 021 class missile boat		Gunboat	BNS Salam (P712)	205	Type 021 missile boat of Chinese origin. Originally commissioned as BNS Durnibar (P8127) 10 November 1988. Sank in River Kamaphuli during cyclone of 1991. Recovered, renovated and recommissioned in 2002. 38.75m length. 1 x 40mm AA gun; 1 x twin 30mm AA guns.
Chamsuri-class patrol boat		Gunboat	BNS Titash (P1011) BNS Kusiyara (P1012) BNS Chitra (P1013) BNS Dhansiri (P1014)	143	The first two (P1011 and P1012) were transferred from South Korea in 2000. Another two (P1013 & P1014) entered service in 2004. 33m length. 1 x 40mm 60-cal Bofors Mk3, 1 x twin 30mm 75-cal Emerlec EX30, 2 x 20mm 70-cal Oerlikon

Research and survey ships

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (2)
Roebuck Class		Hydro-graphic Survey Ship	BNS Anushandhan (H584)	1 477	Transferred to Bangladesh in 2010. Commissioned 31 December 2010. Shallow-water multibeam echo-sounder fitted in October 2011. 65m length.[22][23]
Agradoot class Survey Ship		Hydro-graphic Survey Ship	BNS Agradoot (H583)		Coastal survey ship. Acquired in 1996 from commercial service; refitted for commissioning in 1998. 45m length. Sophisticated EA400 Single-beam Echo Sounders installed in 2010.[24][25]

Mine countermeasure vessels

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (5)
Type 010 class minesweeper		Minesweeper	BNS Sagar (M91)	569	Mostly used as a patrol craft. Custom-built for Bangladesh. There was supposed to be an order for M92-94, which were to be delivered one per year from 1996-1998. The order was apparently not consummated. The Canadian Celsius Tech CMAS36/29 mine detection sonar was delivered Fall 1997 as a replacement for the obsolete Tamir-11 set.
River class minesweeper		Minesweeper	BNS Shapla (M95) BNS Shaikat (M96) BNS Surovi (M97) BNS Shaibal (M98)	904	Ex-RN River-class minesweepers. Mostly used as offshore patrol crafts. All four commissioned at Chittagong on 27 April 1995. In March 1997, M98 Shaibal was equipped to serve as a survey vessel, although MCM capability was retained.

Rapid response boats

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (16)
Response Boat		Response Boat	RRB-1 RRB-2 RRB-3 RRB-4 RRB-5 RRB-6 RRB-7 RRB-8 RRB-9 RRB-10 RRB-11 RRB-12 RRB-13 RRB-14 RRB-15 RRB-16	2.7	2 × M240B Machine Gun.[26]

Training ship

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (1)
Island Class		OPV	BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin (A511)	1 280	Launched 18 March 1976. Decommissioned from RN 16-12-1993. Re-commissioned 29 January 1994 in BN. Replaced another ship of the same name and pennant number. The earlier ship was a former Canadian coastal passenger-cargo vessel Anticosti. Another 5 ships of the class were purchased March 2002 and used as OPVs. 61.1m length.[27]

Amphibious warfare

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement (Tons)	Note
In Service (15)
LCU		Landing Craft Utility	BNS Shah Amanat (L 900)	366 (full load)	Danish-built LCU. Former commercial landing craft caught by BN during illegal trading; entered service in 1990. Its sister ship is still in commercial service. Resembles US LCU1466-class utility landing craft, but has shorter vehicle cargo deck and longer poop with more extensive superstructure. 47m length. Can carry 150t cargo.
LCU 1646		Landing Craft Utility	BNS Shah Paran (L 901) BNS Shah Makhdum (L 902)	381(full load)	Ex-US Army LCU 1466. Transferred during 1991 and commissioned on 16 May 1992 after refit. 35m length. Can carry 150t cargo.
LCU		Landing Craft Utility	BNS Hatiya BNS Swandwip		Landing Craft Utility (LCU) built by Khulna Shipyard (KSY). Keel laid on 1 September 2013.[28] 42m length. Would be able to carry 415t cargo. Commissioned on 6 September 2015.
LCT		Landing Craft, Tank	BNS LCT 103 (A586) BNS LCT 105 (A588)		Two Landing Craft Tank (LCT) built by DEW Narayanganj.[29] 25.6m x 5.4m x 1.5m (draft) x 3.4m (depth)
Yuch'in Class		Landing Craft Mechanized	BNS Darshak (A 581) BNS Tallashi (A 582) BNS LCT 101 (A 584) BNS LCT 102 (A 585) BNS LCT 104 (A 586)	85 (full load)	Chinese made. Two received 4 May 1986, two received 1 July 1986; two badly damaged during April 1991 cyclone, but repaired and put into service; A586 retired in 2005. Darshak and Tallashi were converted into coastal survey vessels in 1983 with the addition of survey equipment. Darshak (H581) was placed in Sudan in UN mission in 2005 as part of BN Force Rivirine Unit (BANFRU) until late 2012. 25m length. 2 x twin 14.5mm guns.
LCVP		Landing Craft Vehicle & Personnel	BNS L1011 BNS L1012 BNS L1013	83 (full load)	LCVP-011 and 012 Made at KSY; LCVP-013 made at DEW Narayanganj. Mostly used as patrol crafts now. 21.3m length.

Auxiliaries

Name	Pennant Number	Class	Type	Origin	Note
BNS Sahayak	A 512	Shahayak	Fleet Replenishment Ship	Bangladesh	Former river passenger ship; purchased, re-engined and refitted at Khulna Shipyard (KSY) and commissioned as a tender/repair ship in 1978. 45m, 477t, 1 x 20mm 70-cal Oerlikon gun.
BNS Shah Jalal	A 513	Shah Jalal	Fleet Diving & Salvage Tender	Bangladesh	Ex-Thai fishing trawler Gold 4confiscated and put into service as a patrol craft on 15 January 1987; later in 1995-1996 converted into a diving salvage vessel. 40.2m, 600t, 2 x 20mm Oerlikon AA guns. Re-engined in 2012-2013.
BNS Khan Jahan Ali	A 515	Khan Jahan Ali	Fleet Tanker	Bangladesh	The ship was made by Ananda Shipyard and handed to Bangladesh Navy on 6 November 2014.[30] The 80-metre-long tanker can carry 2,400ton diesel and 120ton aviation fuel. It can go 24.5 km per hour with full load and can refuel two war ships simultaneously. The ship was commissioned on 6 September 2015.
BNS Imam Ghazzali	A 516	Imam Ghazzali	Fleet Tanker	Bangladesh	Commercial tanker converted for BN use (entered service in 1996). Classified as harbor fuelling lighter. 45m, 650t, Can carry 350t fuel oil.
BNFD Sundarban	A 711		Floating Drydock		Built by Tito Shipyard, Trogir, Yugoslavia. Acquired from Yougoslavia on 15 August 1980. Lift capacity: 3,500t, 117m x 27.6m.
BNT Khadem	A 721	Dinghai	Fleet Ocean Tug	China	Chinese Dinghai-class ocean-going tug. Built by Wuhu Shipyard, China for BN. Commissioned 6 May 1984. 60m, 1,472t full load.
BNT Sebak	A 722		Fleet Coastal Tug	Bangladesh	Large harbor tug. Ordered in 1995; built by DEW Narayanganj. Commissioned 23 December 1993. Around 400t full load.
BNT Rupsha	A 723	Damen Stan Tug 3008	Fleet Coastal Tug	Bangladesh	Dutch Damen Stan 3008 medium harbor tug. Ordered from KSY in 1999. Both Rupsha and Shibsha commissioned 3 October 2004. They incorporate equipment and materials of South Korean origin and were built with Dutch assistance.
BNT Shibsha	A 724	Damen Stan Tug 3008	Fleet Coastal Tug	Bangladesh
BNFC Balaban	A 731		Floating Crane	Bangladesh	Self-propelled floating crane. Built by KSY in 1987,[31] in service since 18 May 1988. Lift Capacity: 70t.
BNS MFV 55		MFV 55	Fleet Tender
BNS MFV 66		MFV 66	Fleet Tender
BNS Shanket		Shanket	Harbour Tender	Bangladesh

Bangladesh Naval Aviation

Aircraft	Picture	Origin	Role	Series	Quantity	Note
Fixed-wing Aircraft (2)
Dornier 228 NG		Germany	MPA	NG	2[32]	Delivered on 3 June 2013.[33]
Helicopter (2)
AgustaWestland AW109		UK  Italy	SAR	KN	2 [34]	Delivered on 14 July 2011.[35]

Establishments

1. BNS Shaheed Moazzem
2. BNS Titumir
3. BNS Haji Mohshin
4. BNS Ulka
5. BNS Issa Khan
6. BNS Vatiary

See also

• List of ships of the Bangladesh Coast Guard
• Bangladesh Navy
• Bangladesh Army
• Bangladesh Air Force

References