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1,330 tons. Customized C-13B variant of the Bangladesh Navy which lacks ASW torpedo and sonar. [15][16] Castle class. Guided missile corvette. BNS Bijoy (F35) BNS Dhaleshwari (F36) United Kingdom. 1,430 tons. The Bangladesh Navy upgraded Castle-class patrol vessels with more armaments and sensors.
The Bangladesh Navy (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী, romanized: Bāṅlādēś Nôubāhinī) is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for the defence of Bangladesh's 118,813 square kilometres (45,874 sq mi) of maritime territorial area from any external threat, and the security of sea ports and exclusive economic zones of Bangladesh. [5]
At that time, the navy was a force equipped with surface ships only. Coming in the new millennium, the Bangladesh Navy started to consider the necessity of being a three-dimensional force equipped with submarines and aircraft. It was the year of 2009 when the first two aircraft were ordered for the navy. The aircraft were two AgustaWestland ...
Bangladesh Naval Academy is the pioneer institution in inducting female cadets in the armed forces. In January 2000, the first batch of 16 female cadets joined Bangladesh Naval Academyfor cadet training. So far, more than 110 female officers have been commissioned from this academy. In recognition of outstanding achievements over the past ...
BNS Shaheed Moazzem. Rangamati, Chittagong Division. BNS Shaheed Moazzem is a naval base of the Bangladesh Navy, established after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, and named in honour of shaheed (Martyr) Lieutenant Commander Moazzem Hossain [ 1] who had sacrificed his life for his motherland in the Bangladesh Liberation War .
2018. ( 2018) In use. 2018 - Present. BNS Sheikh Mujib is a full-fledged naval base of the Bangladesh Navy in Dhaka of Bangladesh. It is one of largest bases in Dhaka of Bangladesh Navy. [ 1]
Before the Bangladesh Liberation War, the naval base was named as PNS Bakhtiar.After independence the base was named BNS Chittagong. Later, on December 10, 1974, Chittagong naval base was renamed as BNS Issa Khan by the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, named after the medieval Baro-Bhuyan chieftain Isa Khan.
BNS Sheikh Hasina is a new naval base that has been developed for the Bangladesh Navy. This is the first ever full-fledged submarine base of Bangladesh Navy. Built at a cost of $1.21 billion, the base can accommodate a total of six submarines and eight warships at a time. It will allow for safe and swift movement of the submarines in case of ...