BNS Karnafuli

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Career (Bangladesh)
Class and type: Kraljevica class patrol boat
Name: BNS Karnafuli
Ordered: June 6, 1975
Builder: Kraljevica Shipyard
Acquired: June 6, 1975
Commissioned: June 6, 1975
Recommissioned: 1995 (after engine change)
In service: 1975-Present
Refit: 1995
Homeport: Chittagong
Fate: Active service
Status: Active service
General characteristics
Displacement: 195 tons standard; 245 tons full load
Length: 141.4 ft (43.1 m)
Beam: 20.7 ft (6.3 m)
Draught: 5.7 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion: 2x MAN V8V 30/38 diesels; 3,300 hp (m) (2.42 MW); 2x shafts
Speed: 21 knots
Range: 1,500 miles at 12 knots
Complement: 44 personnel (4 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
Surface search: Decca 1229; I-band, Sonars: OCU 2; hull-mounted: active; high frequency
Armament:
  • 2 x Bofors 40 mm / 70.4 Oerlikon 20 mm
  • 2 x 128 mm rocket launchers
  • 2 x racks : 2 Mk 6 Projectors

BNS Karnafuli is an ASW boat of Bangladesh Navy. The ship along with her sister ship BNS Tista were acquired from former Yugoslavia in 1975. The ships has undergone upgrades in 1995 to 1998. Both the ships are in active duty.

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