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 two submarines, one hundred and ten surface ships, craft and boats, including four guided missile frigates, two patrol frigates, four guided missile corvettes, thirty-eight minor surface combatants of various types (including offshore patrol vessels, coastal patrol boats, missile boats, and minesweepers), thirty auxiliaries and amphibious landing craft and thirty-two small response boats. It also maintains a naval aviation unit with both fixed-wing aircraft and rotorcraft. In addition, six shore establishments are maintained.

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

Submarines

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (2)
Type 035G (Ming class)		Attack submarine	BNS Nabajatra (S161) BNS Joyjatra (S162)	China	1,830	The submarines were commissioned on 12 March 2017.[1][2]

Surface fleet

Frigates

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (6)
Ulsan (Mod) class		Guided missile frigate	BNS Bangabandhu (F25)	South Korea	2 400	Commissioned as BNS Bangabandhu on 20 June 2001. Recommissioned on 13 July 2007 as BNS Khalid Bin Walid. Renamed to initial name in 2009.
Type 053H2 (Jianghu-III) class		Guided missile frigate	BNS Abu Bakar (F15) BNS Ali Haider (F17)	China	2 000	Ex-PLAN Huangshi and Ex-PLAN Wuhu, sold to Bangladesh in 2014.
Type 053H1 (Jianghu-II) class		Guided missile frigate	BNS Osman (F18)	China	1 730	Ex-PLAN Xiangtan, sold to Bangladesh in 1989.
Hamilton class		Patrol frigate	BNS Somudra Joy (F28) BNS Somudra Avijan (F29)	United States	3 250	Somudra Joy was transferred on 22 May 2013[3] while Somudra Avijan was transferred on 6 May 2015.[4] Bangladesh paid $12 million for refits and training.[5]

Corvettes

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (4)
Castle class		Guided missile corvette	BNS Dhaleshwari (F36) BNS Bijoy (F35)	United Kingdom	1,430	Armed with 4 × C-704 AShM, 1 × 76 mm gun (automatic), 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm auto cannons. The ships are equipped with a flight deck.
Type 056 (C-13B version)		Guided missile corvette	BNS Shadhinota (F111) BNS Prottoy (F112)	China	1,330	Armed with C-802A anti-ship cruise missiles, FL-3000N surface-to-air missile launcher, AK-176 76 mm naval gun and 30 mm cannon dual mode remote controlled weapons system.
Upcoming (2)
Type 056 (C-13B version)		Guided missile corvette	BNS Shongram (F113) BNS Prottasha (F114)	China	1,330	Two more Type 056 corvettes were ordered on 21 July 2015 from China.[6] Both the ships were launched.

Large patrol craft

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (5)
Durjoy class		Large patrol craft	BNS Durjoy (P811) BNS Nirmul (P813) BNS Durgam (P814) BNS Nishan (P815)	China  Bangladesh	648	First two ships are armed with 1 × H/PJ-26 76.2 mm naval gun, 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, 2 × 6-tube EDS-25A 250 mm ASW rocket launcher and 2 × 2 C-704 AShM. Later two ships have dedicated ASW capabilities. They are armed with 2 × triple torpedo tubes, 1 × CS/AN2 30 mm naval gun and 1 × 76.2 mm naval gun.
Sea Dragon class		Large patrol craft	BNS Madhumati (P911)	South Korea	635	Built by Hyundai Shipyard, South Korea. Originally ordered for Coast Guard in July 1995, delivered in October 1997. Commissioned 18 February 1998. 61 m length. 1 × 57 mm/70 cal. Bofors DP Mk1 DP gun; 1 × 40 mm/70 cal. Bofors AA; 2 × 20 mm/70 cal. Oerlikon AA; 2 × 7.62 mm MGs

Offshore patrol vessels

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (12)
Island class		Offshore patrol vessel	BNS Sangu (P713) BNS Turag (P714) BNS Kapatakhaya (P912) BNS Karatoa (P913) BNS Gomati (P914)	United Kingdom	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. 61 m length. Built for deep sea operations, the ships have fin stabilizers and can maintain 12–15 knots (22–28 km/h) in Force 8 gale. 1 × 40 mm gun + other smaller caliber guns.
Meghna class		Offshore patrol vessel	BNS Meghna (P211) BNS Jamuna (P212)	Singapore	410	Built by Vosper Pty., Tanjong Rhu, Singapore. Launched 19 January 1984 (Meghna) and 19 March 1984 (Jamuna). 46.5 m length. 1 × 57 mm/70 cal Bofors DP gun; 1 × 40 mm/70 cal. Bofors AA gun; 2 × 7.62 mm MGs
Padma class[7][8]		Offshore patrol vessel	BNS Padma (P312) BNS Surma (P313) BNS Aparajeya (P261) BNS Adamya (P262) BNS Atandra (P263)	Bangladesh	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 AShM, through the end of the decade.[9]

Fast attack craft

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Missile (4)
Type 021-class missile boat		Missile boat	BNS Durdharsha (P8125) BNS Durdanto (P8126) BNS Durdondo (P8128) BNS Anirban (P8131)	China	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 4 × C-704 AShM in mid-life upgrade.[10]
Anti-submarine warfare (4)
Kraljevica-class patrol boat		ASW	BNS Karnafuli (P314) BNS Tista (P315)	Yugoslavia	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 were transferred to the Bangladesh Navy on 6 June 1975.[11][12] Karnaphuli was reduced to reserve in 1988 but was re-engined in 1995 and reactivated. Tista was re-engined in 1998. 2 × 40 mm/60 cal. Bofors AA; 1 × quad 20 mm Oerlikon; 2 × US Mark 6 depth charge mortars; 2 × depth charge racks.[13]
Haizhui-class submarine chaser		ASW	BNS Barkat (P711)	China	170	A larger version of Shanghai II class. Built by Guijian Shipyard. Commissioned 9 April 1996. 41 m length. 2 × twin 37 mm/63 cal. Type 76 AA guns; 2 × twin 14.5 mm Type 69 HMG; 1 × RBU-1200 ASW rocket launcher; 2 × ASW mortars with 8 depth charges.[14][15]
Type 037 class submarine chaser		ASW	BNS Nirbhoy (P812)	China	392	Two ships commissioned on 1 December 1985. Sister ship BNS Durjoy (P811) damaged beyond repair in 1995. 59 m length. 2 × twin 57 mm/70 cal. Type 76 DP guns; 2 × twin 25 mm/60 cal. Type 61 guns; 4 × RBU-1200 (Type 81) (5-barrel) ASW rockets; 2 × BMB-2 ASW mortars; 2 × depth charge rails with 20+ depth charges.[16]
Gun (5)
Type 021-class missile boat		Gunboat	BNS Salam (P712)	China	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. 38.75 m length. 1 × 40 mm AA gun; 1 × twin 30 mm AA guns.
Chamsuri-class patrol boat		Gunboat	BNS Titash (P1011) BNS Kusiyara (P1012) BNS Chitra (P1013) BNS Dhansiri (P1014)	South Korea	143	The first two (P1011 and P1012) were transferred from South Korea in 2000. Another two (P1013 & P1014) entered service in 2004. 33 m length. 1 × 40 mm/60 cal. Bofors Mk3, 1 × twin 30 mm/75 cal. Emerlec EX30, 2 × 20 mm/70 cal Oerlikon guns.

Research and survey ships

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (2)
Roebuck class		Hydrographic survey ship	BNS Anushandhan (H584)	United Kingdom	1,477	Transferred to Bangladesh in 2010. Commissioned 31 December 2010. Shallow-water multi-beam echo-sounder fitted in October 2011. 65 m length.[17][18]
Agradoot class		Hydrographic survey ship	BNS Agradoot (H583)			Coastal survey ship Acquired in 1996 from commercial service; refitted for commissioning in 1998. 45 m length. Sophisticated EA400 single-beam echo sounders installed in 2010.[19][20]
		Hydrographic survey ship	BNS BNS	Bangladesh		Under construction at Khulna Shipyard. Will be of 32.78 m length, 8.40 m breadth and 3.17 m draught with 2 × 600 hp engines.[21]

Mine countermeasure vessels

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (5)
Type 010		Minesweeper	BNS Sagar (M91)	China	569	Mostly used as a patrol craft. Custom-built for Bangladesh. The Canadian Celsius Tech CMAS36/29 mine detection sonar was delivered in late 1997 as a replacement for the obsolete Tamir-11 set.
River class		Minesweeper	BNS Shapla (M95) BNS Shaikat (M96) BNS Surovi (M97) BNS Shaibal (M98)	United Kingdom	904	Ex-Royal Navy River-class minesweepers. Mostly used as offshore patrol craft. 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	Quantity	Origin	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (16)
Defender-class boat		Response Boat	16	United States	2.7	2 × M240B machine gun.[22]
X12 high-speed patrol boat		High speed patrol boat	16	Bangladesh		Under construction at DEW Ltd[23] The boats are 11.7 m long with a 12.7 mm machine gun mount on cabin top and two additional gun mounts on the aft deck.[24]

Training ship

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Active (1)
Island class		OPV	BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin (A511)	United Kingdom	1 280	Launched 18 March 1976. Decommissioned from RN 16-12-1993. Re-commissioned 29 January 1994 in BN. Another 5 ships of the class were purchased March 2002 and used as OPVs. 61.1m length.[25]

Amphibious warfare

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Origin	Displacement (Tons)	Note
In Service (15)
LCU		Landing Craft Utility	BNS Shah Amanat (L 900)	Denmark	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 LCU-1466-class utility landing craft, but has shorter vehicle cargo deck and longer poop with more extensive superstructure. 47m length. Can carry 150 t cargo.
LCU 1646		Landing Craft Utility	BNS Shah Paran (L 901) BNS Shah Makhdum (L 902)	United States	381(full load)	Ex-US Army LCU 1466. Transferred during 1991 and commissioned on 16 May 1992 after refit. 35 m length. Can carry 150 t cargo.
LCU		Landing Craft Utility	BNS Hatiya BNS Swandwip	Bangladesh		Landing Craft Utility (LCU) built by Khulna Shipyard (KSY). Keel laid on 1 September 2013.[26] 42 m length. Would be able to carry 415 t cargo. Commissioned on 6 September 2015.
LCT		Landing Craft, Tank	BNS LCT 103 (A586) BNS LCT 105 (A588)	Bangladesh		Two Landing Craft Tank (LCT) built by Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited (DEW), Narayanganj.[27] 25.6 m × 5.4 m × 1.5 m (draft) × 3.4 m (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)	China	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. 25 m length. 2 × twin 14.5 mm guns.
LCVP		Landing Craft Vehicle & Personnel	BNS L1011 BNS L1012 BNS L1013	Bangladesh	83 (full load)	LCVP-011 and 012 Made at KSY; LCVP-013 made at DEW Narayanganj. Mostly used as patrol crafts now. 21.3 m 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. 45 m, 477 t, 1 × 20 mm/70 cal. Oerlikon gun.
BNS Shah Jalal	A 513	Shah Jalal	Fleet diving & salvage tender	Bangladesh	Ex-Thai fishing trawler Gold 4 confiscated and put into service as a patrol craft on 15 January 1987; later in 1995-1996 converted into a diving salvage vessel. 40.2 m, 600 t, 2 × 20 mm 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.[28] The 80-metre-long tanker can carry 2,400 tons of diesel and 120 tons of 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. 45 m, 650 t, Can carry 350 t fuel oil.
BNFD Sundarban	A 711		Floating drydock	Yugoslavia	Built by Tito Shipyard, Trogir, Yugoslavia. Acquired from Yougoslavia on 15 August 1980. Lift capacity: 3,500 t, 117 m × 27.6 m.
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. 60 m, 1,472 t 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 400 t 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
BNT Halda	A 725	Halda Class	Submarine Tug	Bangladesh	Built at Khulna Shipyard. Commissioned at 8 November 2017.
BNT Poshur	A 726
BNFC Balaban	A 731		Floating Crane	Bangladesh	Self-propelled floating crane. Built by KSY in 1987,[29] in service since 18 May 1988. Lift capacity: 70 t.
BNS MFV 55		MFV 55	Fleet tender
BNS MFV 66		MFV 66	Fleet tender
BNS Shanket		Shanket	Harbour tender	Bangladesh

See also

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

References