BNS Salam

History
Bangladesh Navy
Name	BNS Durnibar
Commissioned	10 November 1988
In service	1988 – 1991
Identification	Pennant number: P 8127
Fate	Sunk
Bangladesh Navy
Name	BNS Salam
Builder	Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai
Commissioned	2002
In service	2002 – present
Homeport	Chattogram
Identification	Pennant number: P 712
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Type 021-class gunboat
Displacement	171 tons standard 205 tons full load
Length	38.6 m (127 ft)
Beam	7.6 m (25 ft)
Draught	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	3 × 4,000 hp diesel engines Three shafts
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	800 nmi (1,500 km; 920 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	28
Sensors and processing systems	1 × Type 352 Square Tie
Armament	1 × 40 mm AA gun 1 × twin 30 mm AA guns

BNS Salam is a modified Type 021 gunboat of the Bangladesh Navy. She was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy in 2002.

Design

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The ship was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Durnibar on 10 November 1988. She was severely damaged in the cyclone of April 1991 and sunk into Karnaphuli river. Later, she was salvaged, renovated and modified into a gunboat. In 2002, she was recommissioned into the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Salam

See also

• Fast attack craft
• List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy

References