List of historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy explained

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".

Frigates

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement (Tons)	Note
			(F 18)	1,730	Ex-PLAN Xiangtan. First guided missile frigate of the Bangladesh Navy. Decommissioned in 2020.
Type 61 Salisbury class			(F 16)	2,408	Ex-. After brief use as museum ship from December 2015,^[1] she was sold for demolition in Bangladesh in 2016.^[2]
		Frigate	(F 15) (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]

Offshore patrol vessels

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement (Tons)	Note
		LPC	(P 311)	143	Ex-PNS Jessore. Decommissioned on 20 May 2014.^[5]
		OPV		570	Decommissioned on 16 June 2020.
		OPV	(P 312) (P 313)	150	Ex-INS Aksay and ex-INS Ajay, gifted by Indian Navy in 1973 and 1974.^[6]

Fast attack craft

Class	Picture	Type	Ships	Displacement (Tons)	Note
Missile
			(P 8111) (P 8112) (P 8113) (P 8114) (P 8141)	79	Decommissioned on 30 March 2017.
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) (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
			(P 811) (P 812)	392
			(P314) (P315)	245	Decommissioned on 9 November 2022.
Torpedo
Type 025 class 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]
			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.

See also

• List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy
• List of ships of the Bangladesh Coast Guard
• List of active aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force
• List of historic aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force
• List of active Bangladesh military aircraft

Notes and References

1. News: BNS Umar Farooq inaugurated as museum ship. Daily Sun . 13 January 2016.
2. Web site: Auction of Bangladesh Navy ship ex-BNS Umar Farooq. Ministry of Defence. 7 December 2016. Dakha. 27 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220120334/http://www.dgdp.gov.bd/dgdp/AP_TEN/doc/624.pdf. 20 December 2016. dead.
3. Web site: History of the Bangladesh Navy . Join Bangladesh Navy . Bangladesh Navy . 22 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210816051608/https://joinnavy.navy.mil.bd/site/contentDetails/94 . 16 August 2021.
4. News: BNS Abu Bakar, BNS Ali Haider de-commissioned . Dhaka Tribune . 24 December 2014.
5. News: Photo: The decommissioning ceremony of BNS Bishkhali . The Financial Express . Dhaka . 24 December 2014.
6. Web site: Indian Navy’s Inshore Patrol Vessels.. Orbat.info. 10 November 2015.
7. Web site: Bangladesh decommissions Type 25 torpedo boats. IHS Jane's 360. 27 June 2015.
8. Web site: বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনীর জরীপ জাহাজ ‘তল্লাশী’র ডি-কমিশনিং অনুষ্ঠিত. ISPR. 19 December 2019. 27 December 2019.
9. Web site: Khulna Shipyard lays keel for five more Padma-class patrol vessels for Bangladeshi Navy . Janes 360 . 2 January 2020 . 4 January 2020.
10. Web site: Khan Jahan Ali. maritime-connector.com . 4 January 2020.