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This article is a list of all historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy that are decommissioned or damaged since 1971.
Bangladesh vessels use the prefix "BNS", standing for "Bangladesh Navy Ship".
| Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement (Tons) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type 053H1 (Jianghu-II) class |  | Guided missile frigate | BNS Osman (F 18) | 1,730 | Ex-PLAN Xiangtan. First guided missile frigate of the Bangladesh Navy. Decommissioned in 2020.[ citation needed ] |
| Type 61 Salisbury class |  | Frigate | BNS Umar Farooq (F 16) | 2,408 | Ex-HMS Llandaff (F61). After brief use as museum ship from December 2015, [1] she was sold for demolition in Bangladesh in 2016. [2] |
| Type 41 Leopard class |  | Frigate | BNS Abu Bakr (F 15) BNS Ali Haider (F 17) | 2,520 | Ex-HMS Lynx and ex-HMS Jaguar. [3] Replaced with two Type 053H2 Jianghu-III-class guided missile frigates, Huangshi and Wuhu [4] |
| Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement (Tons) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishkhali class | LPC | BNS Bishkhali (P 311) | 143 | Ex-PNS Jessore. Decommissioned on 20 May 2014. [5] | |
| Island class | OPV | BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin | 570 | Decommissioned on 16 June 2020.[ citation needed ] | |
| Ajay class | OPV | BNS Padma (P 312) BNS Surma (P 313) | 150 | Ex-INS Aksay and ex-INS Ajay, gifted by Indian Navy in 1973 and 1974. [6] |
| Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement (Tons) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missile | |||||
| Type 024 missile boat | Missile boat | BNS Durbar (P 8111) BNS Duranta (P 8112) BNS Durvedya (P 8113) BNS Durdam (P 8114) BNS Uttal (P 8141) | 79 | Decommissioned on 30 March 2017.[ citation needed ] | |
| Gun | |||||
| Type 062 class gunboat |  | Fast attack craft (gun) | BNS Tawfique (P 611) BNS Tawheed (P 612) BNS Tamjeed (P 613) BNS Tanveer (P 614) BNS Shaheed Daulat (P 411) BNS Shaheed Farid (P 412) BNS Shahhed Mohibullah (P 413) BNS Shaheed Akhtaruddin (P 414) | 135 | Four transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard. |
| ASW | |||||
| Type 037 class submarine chaser | Submarine chaser | BNS Durjoy (P 811) BNS Nirbhoy (P 812) | 392 | ||
| Kraljevica class | Submarine chaser | BNS Karnafuli (P314) BNS Tista (P315) | 245 | Decommissioned on 9 November 2022. | |
| Torpedo | |||||
| Type 025 class torpedo boat |  | Torpedo boat | BNS TB 35 (T 8235) BNS TB 36 (T 8236) BNS TB 37 (T 8237) BNS TB 38 (T 8238) | 45 | Standard: 2 x 533 mm torpedo tubes and 4 x 14.5 mm heavy machine guns (2x2), 2 mines and additional machine guns. Decommissioned on 18 June 2015. [7] |
| P 4-class torpedo boat |  | Torpedo boat | BNS TB 1 (T 8221) BNS TB 2 (T 8222) BNS TB 3 (T 8223) BNS TB 4 (T 8224) | 19.5 | Standard: 2 x 450 mm torpedo tubes and 2 x 14.5 mm heavy machine guns. |
| Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement (Tons) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pabna class | Riverine patrol craft | BNS Pabna (P 111) BNS Noakhali (P 112) BNS Patuakhali (P 113) BNS Rangamati (P 114) BNS Bogra (P 115) | 69 | Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard in 1995. |
| Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement (Tons) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuch'in class |  | Coastal survey ship | BNS Tallashi (H 582) | 85 | Chinese made Landing Craft Mechanized. She was converted into coastal survey vessel in 1983 with the addition of survey equipment. 25 m length. 2 × twin 14.5 mm guns. After serving the Bangladesh Navy for around 36 years, the ship was decommissioned on 19 December 2019. [8] [9] |
| Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement (Tons) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Island class |  | Training ship OPV | BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin (A511) | 1 280 | Ex-Royal Navy Island-class patrol vessel HMS Jersey. |
| Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement (Tons) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuch'in class | | Landing Craft Mechanized | BNS LCT 104 (A 586) | 85 | Chinese made. Received on 1 July 1986. 25 m length. 2 × twin 14.5 mm guns. Decommissioned in 2005. |
| Class | Picture | Type | Ships | Displacement (Tons) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil tanker | Fleet tanker | BNS Khan Jahan Ali (A 515) | 665 | Ex-Soho Maru (T1056) by Naikai Shipbuilding Setoda in Onomichi, Japan 1963. [10] Sold after 1983 and commissioned on 14 July 1987 as naval tanker. Decommissioned after 28 years on 05 Sept 2015. |
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