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BANGLADESH NAVY (BANGLADESH)

COASTAL FORCES

MEGHNA patrol craft (1984)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
মেঘনা [Meghna] P211   Vosper Pty, Singapore   6.5.1984 late 1984 in service (2020)
যমুনা [Jamuna] P212   Vosper Pty, Singapore   25.9.1984 late 1984 in service (2020)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

410

Length, m

46.5

Breadth, m

7.50

Draught, m

2.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman Valenta 12CM diesels

Power, h. p.

6000

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil 42

Endurance, nm(kts)

2000(16)

Armament

2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Sensors

Decca TM1229 radar

Complement

48

Project history: Operate for the Ministry of Agriculture by the navy for 200nm EEZ patrol and fishery protection duties.

Modernizations: 1990s, both: - 2 x 2 - 40/60; + 1 x 1 - 57/70 SAK-57 Mk 1, 1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 315, NA18B e/o system

Naval service: Both were damaged by cyclone in April 1991 but later repaired. Jamuna was damaged in December 2003 at Chittagong in collision with container ship.

Meghna 2003

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