BNS Duranta

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Naval Ensign of Bangladesh.svgBangladesh
NameDuranta
Builder Wuhu Shipyard
Commissioned6 April 1983
Decommissioned30 March 2017
In service1983-2017
Identification Pennant number P-8112
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and type Type 024 class missile boat
Displacement79 tons
Length79 m (259 ft)
Beam27 m (89 ft)
Draft1.8 m (5.9 ft)
Installed power4 x Chinese L-12V-180 diesel engines; 4,800 hp (3,600 kW)
Propulsion4 shafts
Speed38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Range520 nmi (960 km; 600 mi) at 26 kn (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Complement17
Sensors and
processing systems		1 × Type 352 Square Tie Surface search radar
Armament

BNS Duranta is a Type 024 missile boat of the Bangladesh Navy. It was in service from 1983 to 2017.

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Design

The ship carried two SY-1 anti-ship missiles. It was also armed with one twin-gun mount for the 25 mm (1 in) Type 61 anti-aircraft gun. For surface search, it had a Type 352 Square Tie radar. [1] It uses the Chinese copy of Soviet M50 engine called L-12V-180 engines which can run the ship at a top speed of 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph).

Career

BNS Duranta was commissioned on 6 April 1983. In the cyclone of 1991, the ship was damaged and later on repaired. She was decommissioned from the Bangladesh Navy on 30 March 2017. Later on she was scrapped.

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References

  1. ↑ Saunders, p. 46

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