BNS Adamya
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History | |
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Bangladesh | |
Name | BNS Adomya |
Ordered | 2 May 2010 |
Builder | Khulna Shipyard |
Laid down | 5 March 2011 |
Acquired | 15 December 2013 |
Commissioned | 23 December 2013[1] |
Homeport | Khulna |
Identification | Pennant number: P 262 |
Status | In Active Service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Padma-class offshore patrol vessel |
Displacement | 350 tonnes |
Length | 50.4 metres (165 ft) |
Beam | 7.5 metres (25 ft) |
Draught | 4.1 metres (13 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 diesels |
Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h) |
Endurance | 7 days |
Boats & landing craft carried | 1 x RIB boat |
Complement | 45 personnel |
Armament |
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BNS Adomya is a Padma-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Navy. She is serving the Bangladesh Navy since 2013.
Career
[edit]The ship was ordered on 2 May 2010. The contract was awarded to Khulna Shipyard in Khulna, Bangladesh, where the keel was laid in 2012. The ship was launched in 2013[2] and commissioned on 23 December 2013.[1] She is currently serving under the command of Commanding Commodore BN Khulna (COMKHUL).
Design
[edit]BNS Adomya is 50.4 metres (165 ft) long, 7.5 metres (25 ft) wide, 4.1 metres (13 ft) high. The patrol vessel has a displacement of 350 tonnes. She has a top speed of 23 knots (43 km/h). The ship's complement is 45 persons and can carry out missions lasting up to seven days at a time.
Armament
[edit]The ship is equipped with a pair of 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and a pair of 37 mm guns. Adomya can also be equipped with naval mines and MANPADS.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "4 warships including Somoudra Joy commissioned". bdnews24.com. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- ^ Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2014). Jane's Fighting Ships 2014-2015. Coulsdon, UK: IHS Jane's. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-7106-3101-5.