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Name | BNS Surma |
Ordered | 2 May 2010 |
Builder | Khulna Shipyard |
Laid down | 5 March 2011 |
Launched | 23 January 2013 |
Acquired | 6 May 2013 |
Commissioned | 29 August 2013 |
Homeport | Khulna |
Identification | Pennant number: P 313 |
Status | In Active Service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Padma-class offshore patrol vessel |
Displacement | 350 tonnes |
Length | 50.4 metres (165 ft) |
Beam | 7.5 metres (25 ft) |
Draught | 4.1 metres (13 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 diesels |
Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h) |
Endurance | 7 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 1 x RIB boat |
Complement | 45 personnel |
Armament |
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BNS Surma is a Padma-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Navy. She is serving the Bangladesh Navy from 2013.
The ship was ordered on 2 May 2010. Her launching was done at 23 January 2013. She was handed over to the Bangladesh Navy on 6 May 2013. [1] On 29 August 2013, she was commissioned to the Bangladesh Navy. [2] She is currently serving under the command of Commodore Commanding BN Khulna (COMKHUL).
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