The ''Pabna'' class is the class of a riverine
patrol crafts in service in Bangladesh. The ships of this class are the first ever made in Bangladesh warships. They are operated by the
Bangladesh Coast Guard.
History
The ''Pabna''-class patrol craft were built at
Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited
Dockyard and Engineering Works (DEW) Limited is a ship construction and repair yard at the Narayanganj, Bangladesh owned by the Government of Bangladesh under Ministry of Defence (Bangladesh), Ministry of Defence and managed by the Bangladesh Nav ...
. This ships were the first ships of the
Bangladesh Navy
The Bangladesh Navy ( bn, বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী, Bangladesh Nou Bahini) is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for Bangladesh's of maritime territorial area, and the defence of imp ...
. Later on, in 1995, after the emergence of
Bangladesh Coast Guard, the ships were transferred to them.
Design
The ships are in length, in breadth and in
draught. They have a
displacement
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of 75 tons and a complement of 33 personnel. The ships carry one
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*Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun - developed in the 1930s, widely used in World War II and into the 1990s
...
of 60
calibers
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as armament. The crafts can be used for both coastal and riverine patrol.
Ships in the class
See also
*
List of historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy
This is a list of all historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy that are decommissioned or damaged from 1971.
Bangladesh vessels use the prefix "BNS", standing for "Bangladesh Navy Ship".
Frigates
Offshore patrol vessels
Fast attack craft
Ri ...
*
List of ships of the Bangladesh Coast Guard
References
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Patrol vessels of the Bangladesh Navy
Patrol boat classes