INS ''Ajay'' was the first warship built in Independent India and the namesake of the s. She was built by the Hooghly Dock and Port Engineers (Now
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers
Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd, abbreviated as GRSE, is one of India's leading Defense industry, defence shipyards, located in Kolkata. It builds and repairs merchant shipping, commercial and warship, naval vessels. GRSE also expor ...
) and was delivered to the
Indian Navy
The Indian Navy (IN) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Navy, maritime and Amphibious warfare, amphibious branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of the Naval Staff (India), Chief ...
on 21 September 1960.
In July 1974 the Indian Navy gave her to 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 ...
.
(Her sister ship had been transferred as in 1973). INS ''Ajay'' served in the Bangladesh Navy as .
See also
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List of historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy
This article is a list of all historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy that are decommissioned or damaged since 1971.
Bangladesh vessels use the prefix "BNS", standing for "Bangladesh Navy Ship".
Frigates
Offshore patrol vessels
Fast attack c ...
References
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Ships of the Bangladesh Navy
Patrol vessels of the Bangladesh Navy
Ships built in Kolkata
Patrol vessels of the Indian Navy