BNS Bijoy

History
Bangladesh
Name: BNS Bijoy
Builder: Hall, Russell & Company
Acquired: 14 May 2010
Commissioned: 5 March 2011
Homeport: Chittagong
Identification: Pennant number: F 35
Status: In active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Castle-class corvette
Displacement: 1,430 tonnes
Length: 81 m (265.7 ft)
Beam: 11.5 m (37.7 ft)
Draught: 3.6 m (11.8 ft)
Propulsion: 2 × Ruston 12RKC 5,640 bhp (4,210 kW) diesels, 2 shafts
Speed:
  • 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) max
  • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) cruise
Complement: 45 + accommodation for 25 SWADS
Armament:
  • 1 × AK-176 main gun
  • 4 × C-704 AShM
  • 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm auto cannons
Aviation facilities: Flight deck

BNS Bijoy is a Castle-class guided missile corvette of the Bangladesh Navy. She has served in the Bangladesh Navy since 2011.

Description

The ship carries four C-704 automated anti-ship missiles. Besides it has one AK-176 main gun and two Oerlikon 20 mm auto cannons. It has a flight deck which can accommodate helicopter up to Westland Sea King size.

History

The ship was laid down by Hall, Russell & Company of Aberdeen, Scotland on 25 June 1980 and launched on 3 June 1981. She was commissioned to the Royal Navy as HMS Dumbarton Castle on 12 March 1982. She served Royal Navy from 1982 to 2008. The ship was decommissioned in 2008. In April 2010, she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.

From 21 May 2014, the ship underwent a major refit, installing upgrades to suite the Bangladesh Navy's requirements which continued until December 2010. The Bangladesh Navy acquired the ship on 14 May 2010. The ship reached Chittagong on 21 January 2011.[1] On 5 March 2011, the ship was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Bijoy.[2]

BNS Bijoy took part in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), a bilateral exercise with United States Navy, in 2011 and 2015.[3]

On 1 December 2017, BNS Bijoy departed for Lebanon to join in United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).[4] She replaced two Bangladesh Navy ships, BNS Ali Haider and BNS Nirmul, which had deployed earlier. On her way, she paid a goodwill visit to the Port of Colombo from 6 December[5] to 8 December 2017.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BNS Bijoy joins navy fleet". Daily Sun. 22 January 2011. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Navy to be made 3D: PM". bdnews24.com. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "US-Bangla jt exercise begins today". The Independent. Dhaka. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "BNS Bijoy off to UN Mission in Lebanon". BSS. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "BNS Bijoy arrives at port of Colombo". Sri Lanka Navy. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "BNS Bijoy departs Colombo harbour". Sri Lanka Navy. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
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