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BANGLADESH NAVY (BANGLADESH)

COASTAL FORCES

PADMA patrol boats (1960-1962/1973-1974)

Padma 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
পদ্মা [Padma] (ex-अक्षय [Akshay]) P201, late 1990s- P312   Hooghly, Calcutta, India     1.1962 // 12.4.1973 stricken 2013
সুরমা [Surma] (ex-अजय [Ajay]) P202, late 1990s- P313   Hooghly, Calcutta, India     9.1960 // 26.7.1974 stricken 2013

Displacement standard, t

120

Displacement full, t

160

Length, m

33.5 pp 35.7 oa

Breadth, m

6.10

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

3

Machinery

2 12-cyl Paxman YHAXM diesels + 1 Foden FD-6 diesel

Power, h. p.

1100 + 100

Max speed, kts

18 / 8

Fuel, t

diesel oil 23

Endurance, nm(kts)

1000(8)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

Electronic equipment

type 978 radar

Complement

35

Project history: Former Indian ASW boats of Ford class. ASW equipment was disembarked before transfer.

Modernizations: mid-1980s, Padma: - 1 x 1 - 40/60, 2 x 1 - 20/70, type 978 radar; + 2 x 4 - 20/70 M-75, Decca radar

mid-1980s, Surma: - 2 x 1 - 20/70, type 978 radar; + 1 x 4 - 20/70 M-75, Decca radar

Naval service: No significant events.

Surma 1977

Padma 1997

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