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Two C13B Corvettes Delivered to Bangladesh Navy by Chinese Shipyard.
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Naval Forces News - China |
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Two
C13B Corvettes Delivered to Bangladesh Navy by Chinese Shipyard |
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Two
C13B Corvettes, BNS Shadhinota (F111) and BNS Prottoy
(F112), were delivered to the Bangladesh Navy at the China Shipbuilding
& Offshore International Company (CSOC)'s Wuchang Shipyard in Wuhan,
China. CSOC is part of the part of the State Shipbuilding Corporation,
China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC). The C13B-class of corvette
is based on the Type
056 Jiangdao class in use with the PLAN. |
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 BNS Prottoy (F112) corvette of the Bangladesh Navy during sea trials |
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| "With a displacement of 1300 tons, the
90-meter long and 11-meter wide corvettes are of China’s most
advanced export warship type. And they will be the key warships of Bangladesh
Navy" according to Zhu Xuejun, chief engineer of the CSIC.
“Decked out with powerful weapons, the vessels are able to sail at a max speed of 25.5 knots on the high seas. They have comprehensive combat capacity and excellent maneuverability,” Zhu said. |
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CCTV
report on the delivery ceremony (with English language interview of
the Captain at 1:34) |
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BNS
Shadhinota (F111) was launched in November 2014 and BNS Prottoy
(F112) was launched in January this year.
Bangladesh C13B-class corvette retains most of the sensor and weapon systems found on board Chinese Navy Type 056 corvettes: » 4x C-803 (export version of YJ-83) Anti-ship missiles (2 launchers with 2 missiles each) » 1x FL-3000N (export version of AJK-10 / HQ-10) Surface to air missile launcher (8x missiles) » 1x H/PJ-26 76mm main gun (similar to Russian AK-176) » 2x H/PJ-17 30mm dual mode (auto/manual) remote controlled naval turret The Bangladesh Navy corvette however will be fitted with one Type 730 CIWS and two Type 3200 ASW rocket launchers will replace the two triple torpedo launchers Link to Type 056 Jiangdao class Corvette technical datasheet |