Bijoy 2015
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
ধলেশ্বরী [Bijoy] (ex-Dumbarton Castle) | F35 | 986 | Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK | 25.6.1980 | 3.6.1981 | 12.3.1982 // 24.9.2010 | in service (2020) |
ধলেশ্বরী [Dhaleshwari] (ex-Leeds Castle) | F36 | 985 | Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK | 18.10.1979 | 29.10.1980 | 27.10.1981 // 24.9.2010 | in service (2020) |
Displacement standard, t |
1350 |
Displacement full, t |
1550 |
Length, m |
75.0 pp 81.0 oa |
Breadth, m |
11.5 |
Draught, m |
3.60 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Ruston 12-RK 320DM diesels |
Power, h. p. |
5640 |
Max speed, kts |
20 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 186 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
10000(12) |
Armament |
1 x 2 - 37/63 type 76, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, helicopter deck |
Electronic equipment |
type 1007, Furuno FR-2117 radars |
Complement |
50 + 20 passengers |
Project history: Former RN Castle-class patrol ships.
Modernizations: 2012, Dhaleshwari; 2013, Bijoy: - 1 x 2 - 37/63, 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 C-704 SSM (4 C-704), 1 x 1 - 76/59 PJ-26, type 360, type 347 radars
Naval service: No significant events.
Dhaleshwari 2013
© Ivan Gogin, 2020