BNS Dhaleshwari
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Milan 2018 - MILES - Milan Exercise Sea - 3.jpg |Ship image size=300px | Ship caption = BNS Dhaleshwari during 2018 Milan exercise }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= Bangladesh |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Bangladesh|naval}} |Ship name=BNS Dhaleshwari |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Hall, Russell & Company |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship christened= |Ship acquired=December 2010 |Ship commissioned=5 March 2011 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship captured= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship fate= |Ship identification=*Pennant number: F 36
|Ship status=In active service |Ship homeport=Mongla }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass2|Castle|patrol vessel|0}} corvette |Ship displacement=1,430 tons |Ship length= {{convert|81|m|ft|abbr=on|1}} |Ship beam= {{convert|11.5|m|ft|abbr=on|1}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= {{convert|3.6|m|ft|abbr=on|1}} |Ship propulsion=2 × Ruston 12RKC {{convert|5,640|bhp|lk=in|abbr=on}} diesels, 2 shafts |Ship speed=* {{convert|18|kn|lk=in}} max
|Ship range=10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |Ship endurance= |Ship complement=45 + accommodation for 25 SWADS |Ship sensors= |Ship EW=*Type 360 Radar Surface Search, E/F band
|Ship armament=* 1 x H/PJ-26 76 mm main gun
|Ship armour= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= Flight deck |Ship notes= }} |
BNS Dhaleshwari is a {{sclass2|Castle|patrol vessel|0}} guided missile corvette of the Bangladesh Navy. The ship has served with the Bangladesh Navy since 2011.
Description
The ship carries four C-704 automated anti-ship missiles. Besides these it also has one AK-176 main gun, and two Oerlikon 20 mm auto cannons. It has a flight deck which can accommodate helicopters up to Westland Sea King size.
History
The ship was laid down by Hall, Russell & Company of Aberdeen, Scotland on 18 October 1979 and launched on 22 October 1980.{{cite news |title=New Patrol Vessel Launched |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19801023/188/0010 |access-date=26 April 2025 |work=Scotsman |issue=42846 |date=23 October 1980 |location=Edinburgh |page=10|via=British Newspaper Archive}}{{cite news |last1=Stanhope |first1=Henry |title=Controversial patrol ship is launched |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS69044055/TTDA |access-date=26 April 2025 |work=The Times |issue=60757 |date=23 October 1980 |location=London |page=4|via=Gale}} She was commissioned into the Royal Navy as {{HMS|Leeds Castle|P258|6}} on 27 October 1981. She served the Royal Navy from 1981 to 2005, taking part in the Falklands War. The ship was decommissioned on 8 August 2005. In April 2010, she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.
Career
On 14 May 2010, the ship began a major refit and upgrade to suit the Bangladesh Navy's requirements, which continued until December 2010. On 5 March 2011, the ship was commissioned in the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Dhaleshwari.{{cite news |title=Navy to be made 3D: PM |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2011/03/05/navy-to-be-made-3d-pm |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=5 March 2011 |access-date=15 April 2016}} On her way to Bangladesh, she visited the port of Colombo, Sri Lanka on a goodwill visit from 29 to 31 January 2011.{{cite news |title=Bangladesh Naval Ship at Colombo |url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2011/02/01/main_Security.asp |newspaper=Daily News |location=Colombo |date=1 February 2011 |access-date=15 April 2016}}
BNS Dhaleshwari went to Malaysia to join the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2011 (LIMA-2011) in November 2011.{{cite news |title=BNS Dhaleshwari to join maritime exhibition in Malaysia |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_28-11-2011_BNS-Dhaleshwari-to-join-maritime-exhibition-in-Malaysia_417_1_10_1_13.html |newspaper=Daily Sun |date=28 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218212707/http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_28-11-2011_BNS-Dhaleshwari-to-join-maritime-exhibition-in-Malaysia_417_1_10_1_13.html |archive-date=18 December 2014}}
In 2013, the ship fired four C-704 anti-ship missiles in a domestic naval exercise with all four of them hitting their target successfully.{{cite web|url=http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/former-coast-guard-cutter-jarvis-transferred-to-growing-bangladesh-navy/|title=Former Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis Transferred to Growing Bangladesh Navy|publisher=defensemedianetwork.com|date=4 June 2013 |access-date=15 April 2016}}
She left Bangladesh on 8 May to take part in the International Maritime Defence Exhibition (IMDEX) Asia-2015 held at Singapore from 19 to 21 May 2015.{{cite news |title=BNS Dhaleshwari off to Singapore |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/post/42409/%3Cp%3EBNS-Dhaleshwari-off-to-Singapore%3C/p%3E |newspaper=Daily Sun |date=30 November 2015 |access-date=15 April 2016 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220065938/http://www.daily-sun.com/post/42409/%3Cp%3EBNS-Dhaleshwari-off-to-Singapore%3C/p%3E |url-status=dead }} The ship took part in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training(CARAT), an annual bilateral exercise with the United States Navy, in 2015.{{cite news |title=US-Bangla jt exercise begins today |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/17385 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |date=30 September 2015 |access-date=30 September 2015}}
BNS Dhaleshwari took part in multinational maritime exercise, 10th Exercise Milan held from 6 March to 13 March 2018 at Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. The ship left its homeport Chittagong for Port Blair on 3 March 2018.{{cite news |url=http://m.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/139938| title=Navy ship joins exercise in Andaman sea tomorrow |work=The Independent |date=5 March 2018| access-date= 6 March 2018}}{{cite news |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/post/292804/Warship-BNS-Dhaleshwari-leaves-for-India| title=Warship BNS Dhaleshwari leaves for India |work=The Daily Sun |date=3 March 2018| access-date= 6 March 2018}}
On 24 January 2019, BNS Dhaleshwari left Mongla for United Arab Emirates to take part in 14th International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX)-2019 and 5th Navy Defense Exhibition (NAVDEX)-2019 to be held in February 2019.{{Cite news |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/366490|title=Naval ship BNS Dhaleswari leaves for UAE|work=Daily Sun|language=en|access-date=5 June 2019}}{{cite news | url=http://www.banglatribune.com/national/news/411143/ইন্টারন্যাশনাল-ডিফেন্স-এক্সিবিশনে-অংশ-নিতে |script-title=bn:ইন্টারন্যাশনাল ডিফেন্স এক্সিবিশনে অংশ নিতে যুদ্ধজাহাজ ধলেশ্বরীর মোংলা ত্যাগ|work=Bangla Tribune |date=24 January 2019 |language=bn |access-date=26 January 2019}} She came back home on 12 March 2019.{{cite web| url=https://www.ispr.gov.bd/en/সংযুক্ত-আরব-আমিরাতে-অনুষ-3/ |script-title=bn:সংযুক্ত আরব আমিরাতে অনুষ্ঠিত INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE EXHIBITION (IDEX-2019) এ অংশগ্রহণ শেষে দেশে ফিরেছে নৌবাহিনী যুদ্ধজাহাজ ধলেশ্বরী| publisher=ISPR| date=12 March 2019| access-date= 21 March 2019}}
See also
{{commons category|F36 Dhaleshwari (ship, 2011)}}
- List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy
- {{ship|BNS|Bijoy}}
References
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Category:Ships of the Bangladesh Navy