Name BNS Shapla Status In active service Draft 3.1 m | Commissioned 27 April 1995 Length 47 m | |
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Builder Richards Dry Dock and Engineering Limited Displacement 850 long tons (864 t) standard890 long tons (904 t) full | ||
BNS Shapla is a River class minesweeper of the Bangladeshi Navy. She is serving Bangladeshi Navy from 1995.
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History
This ship served in Royal Navy as HMS Waveney (M2003). She was commissioned on 12 July 1984. She was assigned to the South Wales Division of Royal Navy Reserve. She was withdrawn from service in 1993. In 1995, she was sold to Bangladesh.
Career
BNS Shapla was commissioned in Bangladesh Navy on 27 April 1995. She is currently being used as a patrol ship
Armament
The ship carries one Bofors 40 mm Mark III gun which can be used in both anti-surface and anti-air role. She also carries two L44A1 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns.
References
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