BNS Tista

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History
Bangladesh
Class and type: Kraljevica-class
Name: BNS Tista
Builder: Kraljevica Shipyard
Launched: 1956
Acquired: June 6, 1975
Commissioned: June 6, 1975
Recommissioned: 1998 (after engine change)
In service: 1975-Present
Refit: 1998
Homeport: Chittagong
Status: In Active Service
General characteristics [1]
Displacement:
  • 190 t (190 long tons) standard
  • 202 t (199 long tons) full load
Length: 41.0 m (134.5 ft)
Beam: 6.3 m (21 ft)
Draught: 2.2 m (7.2 ft)
Propulsion: 2x MAN V8V 30/38 diesels; 3,300 bhp (2,500 kW)
Speed: 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range: 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement: 4 officers, 40 other ranks
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Surface search: Decca 1229; I-band
  • Sonars: OCU 2; hull-mounted: active; high frequency
Armament:
  • 2 × Bofors 40 mm L/70 guns
  • 4 × 20 mm cannon
  • 2 × 128 mm rocket launchers
  • 2× Mk 6 depth charge launchers, 2 x depth charge racks
Notes: Pennant Number: P 315

BNS Tista is a Kraljevica-class patrol boat in service with the Bangladesh Navy.[1]

Career

BNS Tista was built as PBR 505, a Type 501 Kraljevica-class patrol boat for the Yugoslav Navy in 1956.[2] The ship along with her sister ship BNS Karnafuli were acquired from Yugoslavia in 1975[1] and commissioned on 6 June 1975. The ships has undergone upgrades in 1995 to 1998. She is in active duty now.

Armament

The ship is armed with two Bofors 40 mm L/70 guns and four 20 mm cannon. Beside it carries two 128 mm rocket launchers and two racks for Mk 6 Projectors for ASW operations. She is mainly used as ASW ship in Bangladesh Navy.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Baker 1998, p. 41.
  2. Gardiner and Chumbley 1998, p. 647.

Sources

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