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Surma 1977

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
পদ্মা [Padma] (ex-अक्षय [Akshay])	P201, late 1990s- P312		Hooghly, Calcutta, India			1.1962 // 12.4.1973	stricken 2013
সুরমা [Surma] (ex-अजय [Ajay])	P202, late 1990s- P313		Hooghly, Calcutta, India			9.1960 // 26.7.1974	stricken 2013

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate পদ্মা [Padma] (ex-अक्षय [Akshay]) P201, late 1990s- P312   Hooghly, Calcutta, India     1.1962 // 12.4.1973 stricken 2013 সুরমা [Surma] (ex-अजय [Ajay]) P202, late 1990s- P313   Hooghly, Calcutta, India     9.1960 // 26.7.1974 stricken 2013

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	120
Displacement full, t	160
Length, m	33.5 pp 35.7 oa
Breadth, m	6.10
Draught, m	1.50
No of shafts	3
Machinery	2 12-cyl Paxman YHAXM diesels + 1 Foden FD-6 diesel
Power, h. p.	1100 + 100
Max speed, kts	18 / 8
Fuel, t	diesel oil 23
Endurance, nm(kts)	1000(8)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4
Electronic equipment	type 978 radar
Complement	35

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Project history

Former Indian ASW boats of Ford class. ASW equipment was disembarked before transfer.

Modernizations

mid-1980s, Padma: - 1 x 1 - 40/60, 2 x 1 - 20/70, type 978 radar; + 2 x 4 - 20/70 M-75, Decca radar

mid-1980s, Surma: - 2 x 1 - 20/70, type 978 radar; + 1 x 4 - 20/70 M-75, Decca radar

Naval service

No significant events.