BNS Uttal is a Type 024 Missile Boat of the Bangladesh Navy. The ship served Bangladesh Navy from 1992 to 2017.
| History | |
|---|---|
 Bangladesh | |
| Name | BNS Uttal |
| Builder | Wuhu Shipyard |
| Commissioned | 23 August 1992 |
| Decommissioned | 30 March 2017 |
| In service | 1992-2017 |
| Identification | Pennant number P-8141 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 79 tons |
| Length | 79 m (259 ft) |
| Beam | 27 m (89 ft) |
| Draft | 1.8 m (5.9 ft) |
| Installed power | 4 x Chinese L-12V-180 diesel engines; 4,800 hp (3,600 kW) |
| Propulsion | 4 shafts |
| Speed | 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
| Range | 520 nmi (960 km; 600 mi) at 26 kn (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Complement | 17 |
| Sensors and processing systems | 1 × Type 352 Square Tie Surface search radar |
| Armament |
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Career edit
BNS Uttal was commissioned on 23 August 1992. In Exercise Sea Thunder 2014, Uttal fired a SY-1 missile.[1] She was decommissioned from the Bangladesh Navy on 30 March 2017. Later on she was scrapped.
Design edit
The ship carries two SY-1 anti-ship missiles and also two Type 61 25 mm (II x 2) guns. For surface search, she has a Type 352 Square Tie Radar. The vessel has the Chinese copy of Soviet M50 engine called L-12V-180 engines which can run the ship at a top speed of 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph).
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Hossain, Md Esaraf (18 February 2014). "Exercise Sea Thunder ends with missile firing". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 14 December 2014.