List of historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy

This article is a list of all historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy that are decommissioned or damaged since 1971.

Bangladesh vessels use the prefix "BNS", standing for "Bangladesh Navy Ship".

Frigates ClassPictureTypeShips Displacement (Tons)NoteType 053H1 (Jianghu-II) class Guided missile frigate (F 18) 1,730 Ex-PLAN Xiangtan. First guided missile frigate of the Bangladesh Navy. Decommissioned in 2020.Type 61 Salisbury class Frigate (F 16) 2,408 Ex-. After brief use as museum ship from December 2015, she was sold for demolition in Bangladesh in 2016.Type 41 Leopard class Frigate (F 15) (F 17) 2,520 Ex-HMS Lynx and ex-HMS Jaguar. Replaced with two Type 053H2 Jianghu-III-class guided missile frigates, Huangshi and Wuhu

Offshore patrol vessels ClassPictureTypeShips Displacement (Tons)Note LPC (P 311) 143 Ex-PNS Jessore. Decommissioned on 20 May 2014. OPV 570 Decommissioned on 16 June 2020. OPV (P 312) (P 313) 150 Ex-INS Aksay and ex-INS Ajay, gifted by Indian Navy in 1973 and 1974.

Fast attack craft ClassPictureTypeShips Displacement (Tons)Note MissileType 024 missile boat Missile boat (P 8111) (P 8112) (P 8113) (P 8114) (P 8141) 79 Decommissioned on 30 March 2017. GunType 062 class gunboat Fast attack craft (gun) BNS Tawfique (P 611) BNS Tawheed (P 612) BNS Tamjeed (P 613) BNS Tanveer (P 614) (P 411)BNS Shaheed Farid (P 412)BNS Shahhed Mohibullah (P 413) BNS Shaheed Akhtaruddin (P 414) 135 Four transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard. ASWType 037 class submarine chaser Submarine chaser (P 811) (P 812) 392 Submarine chaser (P314) (P315) 245 Decommissioned on 9 November 2022. TorpedoType 025 class torpedo boat Torpedo boat BNS TB 35 (T 8235) BNS TB 36 (T 8236) BNS TB 37 (T 8237) BNS TB 38 (T 8238) 45 Standard: 2 x 533 mm torpedo tubes and 4 x 14.5 mm heavy machine guns (2x2), 2 mines and additional machine guns. Decommissioned on 18 June 2015. Torpedo boat BNS TB 1 (T 8221) BNS TB 2 (T 8222) BNS TB 3 (T 8223) BNS TB 4 (T 8224) 19.5 Standard: 2 x 450 mm torpedo tubes and 2 x 14.5 mm heavy machine guns.

Riverine patrol boats ClassPictureTypeShips Displacement (Tons)Note Riverine patrol craft (P 111) (P 112) (P 113) (P 114) (P 115) 69 Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard in 1995.

Research and survey ships ClassPictureTypeShips Displacement (Tons)Note Coastal survey shipBNS Tallashi (H 582) 85 Chinese made Landing Craft Mechanized. She was converted into coastal survey vessel in 1983 with the addition of survey equipment. 25 m length. 2 × twin 14.5 mm guns. After serving the Bangladesh Navy for around 36 years, the ship was decommissioned on 19 December 2019.

Training ship ClassPictureTypeShipsDisplacement (Tons)Note Training shipOPV (A511) Ex-Royal Navy Island-class patrol vessel .

Amphibious warfare ClassPictureTypeShips Displacement (Tons)Note Landing Craft MechanizedBNS LCT 104 (A 586) 85 Chinese made. Received on 1 July 1986. 25 m length. 2 × twin 14.5 mm guns. Decommissioned in 2005.

Auxiliaries ClassPictureTypeShips Displacement (Tons)NoteOil tanker Fleet tanker BNS Khan Jahan Ali (A 515) 665 Ex-Soho Maru (T1056) by Naikai Shipbuilding Setoda in Onomichi, Japan 1963. Sold after 1983 and commissioned on 14 July 1987 as naval tanker. Decommissioned after 28 years on 05 Sept 2015.

See also List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy List of ships of the Bangladesh Coast Guard List of active aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force List of historic aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force List of active Bangladesh military aircraft

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