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BNS Uttal

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History
Bangladesh
NameBNS Uttal
BuilderWuhu Shipyard
Commissioned23 August 1992
Decommissioned30 March 2017
In service1992-2017
IdentificationPennant number P-8141
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Displacement79 tons
Length79 m (259 ft)
Beam27 m (89 ft)
Draft1.8 m (5.9 ft)
Installed power4 x Chinese L-12V-180 diesel engines; 4,800 hp (3,600 kW)
Propulsion4 shafts
Speed38 kn (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 (II x 2)

BNS Uttal is a Type 024 Missile Boat of the Bangladesh Navy. The ship served Bangladesh Navy from 1992 to 2017.

Career

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BNS Uttal was commissioned on 23 August 1992. In Exercise Sea Thunder 2014, Uttal fired a 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 and also two Type 61 25 mm (II x 2) guns. For surface search, she has a Type 352 Square Tie Radar. The vessel has the Chinese copy of Soviet M50 engine called L-12V-180 engines which can run the ship at a top speed of 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hossain, Md Esaraf (18 February 2014). "Exercise Sea Thunder ends with missile firing". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014.