| BNS Madhumati | |
|---|---|
| Career (Bangladesh) |  |
| Class and type: | Sea Dragon Class |
| Name: | BNS Madhumati |
| Ordered: | 1995 |
| Builder: | Hyundai, Ulsan, Republic of Korea |
| Launched: | August 31, 1997 |
| Commissioned: | February 18, 1998 |
| In service: | 1998-Present |
| Homeport: | Chittagong |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 635 tonnes |
| Length: | 60.8m |
| Beam: | 8m |
| Draught: | 2.7m |
| Propulsion: | 2 x SEMT-Pielstick 12 PA6 diesels; 9,600 hp(m) (7.08 MW) sustained; 2 x shafts |
| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 43 (7 officers) |
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BNS Madhumati is an offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Navy.This Sea Dragon Class OPV is sarving with Bangladesh Navy from 1998.
Career[]
BNS Madhumati has a primary mission of protecting both the fishing fleets and the oil and gas fields and other Economic Zones.It has intercepted ships of the Myanmar Navy which Bangladesh claimed entered its territorial waters or EEZ.[1]
UN Mission[]
The Ship is currently serving in Lebanon under the auspices of the United Nations program UNIFIL. It was the first South Asian naval vessel to serve in this volatile region.[2]
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