BNS Pekua is a new naval base that has been developed for the

Bangladesh Navy The Bangladesh Navy () is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for the defence of Bangladesh's of maritime territorial area from any external threat, the security of sea ports and exclusive economic zones of Ban ...

. This is the first ever full-fledged

submarine base A submarine base is a military base that shelters submarines and their personnel. Examples of present-day submarine bases include HMNB Clyde, Île Longue (the base for France's Force océanique stratégique), Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, N ...

of Bangladesh Navy. Built at a cost of $1.21 billion, the base can simultaneously accommodate six

submarine A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or infor ...

s and eight

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s. It will allow for safe and swift movement of the submarines in case of emergency, as the base is located at the

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History

On 3 March 2017 the then

Prime Minister of Bangladesh The prime minister of Bangladesh (, : Bāṅlādēśēr Prôdhānmôntrī), officially prime minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (, : Gôṇôprôjātôntrī Bāṅlādēśēr Prôdhānmôntrī), is the head of government of the Ba ...

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina (''née'' Wazed; born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. Premiership of Sheikh Hasina, Her ...

laid the foundation stone of a submarine base in Pekua in the coastal city of Cox's Bazar. Construction started in 2019 and the base was completed in 2023. On 20th March of the same year, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh commissioned the submarine base.

Facilities

BNS Pekua is the largest submarines base in South Asia. In addition to submarines, this base also has a full-fledged naval dock where eight ships can be anchored at a time. This facility can be used for maintenance and repair of ships and also as a base for logistics and armaments.

References

{{reflist Bangladesh Navy bases Military installations of Bangladesh Shore establishments of the Bangladesh Navy

History

Facilities

See also

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