Padma-class patrol vessel
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Padma class |
| Builders: | Khulna Shipyard |
| Operators: | Bangladesh Coast Guard |
| Built: | 2011-present |
| In commission: | 2013-present |
| Building: | 2 |
| Planned: | 23 |
| Completed: | 5 |
| Active: | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Displacement: | 350 tons |
| Length: | 165.35 ft (50.40 m) |
| Beam: | 24.61 ft (7.50 m) |
| Draught: | 13.45 ft (4.10 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 diesels |
| Speed: | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Endurance: | 7 days |
| Complement: | 45 |
| Armament: |
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The Padma class is a class of patrol vessels of Bangladesh. The ships are constructed at the Khulna Shipyard, through a development program overseen and supported by the CSIC.
Under a long term modernization plan for its armed forces, the Government of Bangladesh decided to order arms from internal contractors. The first step taken was to order warships for the Bangladesh Navy from Khulna Shipyard. Khulna Shipyard signed the construction contract with the Bangladesh Navy on 2 May 2010 and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the construction on 5 March 2011. The first warship of this class, BNS Padma was launched on 8 October 2012 and commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy on 24 January 2013. The second patrol craft in the class, BNS Surma, was launched on 23 January 2013 and commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy on 29 August 2013. The other three ships BNS Aparajeya, BNS Adamya and BNS Atandra were handed over to the Bangladesh Navy on 15 December 2013. These three ships were commissioned on 23 December 2013.
In 2016, Khulna Shipyard was awarded the contract of building two patrol vessel for the Bangladesh Coast Guard. Currently. two Padma class ships are under construction there under that contract.
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