Patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Navy
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| Name | BNS Meghna |
| Builder | Vosper Thorneycroft Uniteers (VTU), Tanjong Rhu, Singapore |
| Launched | 19 January 1984 |
| Homeport | Chattogram |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics |
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| Class and type | Meghna class inshore patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 410 full load tons (full load) |
| Length | 46.5m (152.5ft) |
| Beam | 7.5m (24.6ft) |
| Draught | 2m (6.6ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 Paxman valenta 12CM diesels; 5,000 hp(3.73 MW)sustained; 2 shafts |
| Speed | 20 knots |
| Range | 2,000 miles at 16 kt |
| Complement | 39 |
Sensors and
processing systems | Surface search: Decca 1229; I-band. |
Electronic warfare
& decoys | Selenia NA 18 B optronic system for weapon control. |
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| Notes | Pennant number: P 211 |
BNS Meghna is a Meghna-class patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Navy that joined in 1985.
Career
BNS Meghna is serving under the command of the Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN).
On 10 September 2018, a fishing trawler named Swadhin-3 sunk near the Mongla port following a collision with a commercial vessel. 12 fishermen were on board the fishing trawler. BNS Turag responded quickly to rescue 9 fishermen alive. Later, BNS Meghna joined the operation along with BNS Nishan to rescue the other three fishermen.[1]
Armament
The ship is armed with a 57mm 70-cal Bofors DP gun that can fire 200 rounds per minute to 17 kilometres (9.2 nmi) carrying 2.4 kg. shell and a 40mm 70-cal Bofors AA gun firing 300 rounds per minute to 12 kilometres (6.5 nmi) with 0.96 kg. shell. Besides that, there are two 7.62mm machine guns as secondary weapons.
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