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BNS Durbar

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History
Bangladesh
NameBNS Durbar
BuilderWuhu Shipyard
Commissioned6 April 1983
Decommissioned30 March 2017
IdentificationPennant number P-8111
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeType 024 class missile boat
Displacement79 tons
Length79 m (259 ft 2 in)
Beam27 m (88 ft 7 in)
Draft1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Installed power4 × Chinese L-12V-180 diesel engines; 4,800 hp (3,600 kW)
Propulsion4 shafts
Speed38 knots (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
  • 2 × SY-1 missiles
  • 2 × Type 61 25 mm guns

BNS Durbar is a Type 024 missile boat of Bangladesh Navy. The ship served Bangladesh Navy from 1983 to 2017.

Career

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BNS Durbar was commissioned on 6 April 1983. In the cyclone of 1991, the ship was damaged and later on repaired. In '"Exercise Sea Thunder 2014", Durbar fired SY-1 missile.[1] She was decommissioned from the Bangladesh Navy on 30 March 2017. Later on she was scrapped.

Design

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The ship carries two SY-1 anti-ship missiles. Besides, it also carries two Type 61 25 mm guns. For surface search, it has a Type 352 Square Tie Radar. It carries 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).

References

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  1. ^ "Exercise Sea Thunder ends with missile firing". Daily Sun. 18 February 2014. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014.