Name BNS Shadhinota Builder Wuchang Shipyard Acquired 11 December 2015 Construction started 8 January 2013 Length 90 m Displacement 1.3 million kg | Ordered October 2012 Laid down 8 January 2013 Commissioned 19 March 2016 Launched 30 November 2014 Weight 1,300 tons | |
BNS Shadhinota is a Type 056 stealth surface warfare guided missile corvette of the Bangladesh Navy. She was built at Wuchang Shipyard of China.
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Career
BNS Shadhinota was launched at Wuchang Shipyard on 30 November 2014. The ship was handed over to the Bangladesh Navy on 11 December 2015. She reached Chittagong, Bangladesh on 10 January 2016. On 19 March 2016, she was commissioned to Bangladesh Navy.
Due to inclement weather in the Bay of Bengal, six fishing trawlers of Bangladesh with 90 fishermen entered into Indian waters with their boats damaged. On 21 August 2016, BNS Shadhinota with her sister ship BNS Prottoy were sent there to rescue them.
Design
The ship is 90 metres (300 ft) long with a displacement of 1,300 tonnes. She carries twin diesel engines with a distance adjustable tail rotor which can provide enough power for her top speed of more than 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph). She has two power stations, forward and rear, and electricity supply works with one of the power station sunk. Compared to the traditional round bilge boat, the ship is designed with V type, having angle bending line at the bottom so that she can sail with high speed in rough sea states. However, the ship does not carry any type of sonar so she has no anti-submarine warfare capability. As a result, she will act as a surface warfare corvette only. BNS Shadhinota has a helicopter deck aft which can support a medium-size helicopter, but she has no hangar.
Electronics
The ship uses SharpEye I-Band (X-band) and E/F-band (S-band) radars from Kelvin Hughes with MantaDigital tactical display software. These radars are used for surface search and navigation purposes and can be used for helicopter control and recovery also. A low peak transmission power of these radars reduces the probability of intercept by ESM systems.
Armaments
The ship carries one H/PJ-26 76 mm main gun placed forward. 2 x 2 cell C-802A Anti-ship missiles are installed in the ship for anti surface role. Two H/PJ-17 30 mm remote controlled gun turrets at amidship work as CIWS for the ship. For air defence, she carries an eight-cell FL-3000N launcher, which is the Chinese version of RAM.