BNS Prottasha
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 BNS Prottoy (F112) sistership of BNS Prottasha(F114). | |
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | BNS Prottasha |
| Ordered | 21 July 2015 |
| Builder | Wuchang Shipyard |
| Laid down | 9 August 2016 |
| Launched | 8 April 2018 |
| Acquired | 28 March 2019 |
| Commissioned | 5 November 2020[1] |
| Identification |
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| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type 056 corvette |
| Displacement | 1400 tonnes |
| Length | 90.1 metres (296 ft) |
| Beam | 11.14 metres (36.5 ft) |
| Draft | 3.37 metres (11.1 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 x SEMT Pielstick 12PA6 diesel |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Complement | 78 (18 officer) |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck |
BNS Prottasha is a Type 056 stealth surface warfare guided missile corvette of the Bangladesh Navy. She was built at Wuchang Shipyard of China. She is the fourth corvette of the class for the Bangladesh Navy.
Bangladesh Navy signed a contract with China State Shipbuilding Corporation for second batch of two C-13B version of Type 056 corvettes on 21 July 2015 to China.[2] The ships were laid down at Wuchang Shipyard in China on 9 August 2016.[3] BNS Prottasha was launched on 8 April 2018.[4] China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) handed over the ship to the Bangladesh Navy on 28 April 2019.[5] She started her delivery sail from the port of Shanghai, China to Bangladesh on 12 April 2019. On the way home, she made stoppages at the Yantian port of China and the port Klang of Malaysia. She reached home on 27 April 2019.[6] BNS Prottasha was commissioned to the Bangladesh Navy on 5 November 2020.[1]
BNS Prottasha left for Qatar on 5 March 2022 to take part in 7th Doha International Maritime Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX-2022), to be held from 21 to 23 March 2022. After completing the exercise, she will sail for India to take part in IONS Maritime Exercise-2022 (IMEX-2022), to be held from 28 to 30 March 2022. The ship is expected to return home on 7 April 2022.[7]