BNS Tista was a Kraljevica-class patrol boat that served with the Bangladesh Navy for nearly half a century.
Career BNS Tista was built as PBR 505, a Type 501 Kraljevica-class patrol boat for the Yugoslav Navy in 1956.Gardiner and Chumbley 1998, p. 647. The ship along with her sister ship BNS Karnafuli were acquired from the former Yugoslavia in 1975 and commissioned on 6 June 1975. The ships underwent upgrades from 1995 to 1998. After serving the Bangladesh Navy for around 47 years, BNS Tista was decommissioned from service on 9 November 2022.
Armament The ship was armed with two Bofors 40 mm L/70 guns and four 20 mm cannon. She also carried two 128 mm rocket launchers and two racks for Mk 6 Projectors for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations. She was mainly used as an ASW ship.
See also List of historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy BNS Karnafuli
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