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Dhaleshwari 2013

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
ধলেশ্বরী [Bijoy] (ex-Dumbarton Castle)	F35	986	Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK	25.6.1980	3.6.1981	12.3.1982 // 24.9.2010	in service (2020)
ধলেশ্বরী [Dhaleshwari] (ex-Leeds Castle)	F36	985	Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK	18.10.1979	29.10.1980	27.10.1981 // 24.9.2010	in service (2020)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1350
Displacement full, t	1550
Length, m	75.0 pp 81.0 oa
Breadth, m	11.5
Draught, m	3.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Ruston 12-RK 320DM diesels
Power, h. p.	5640
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	diesel oil 186
Endurance, nm(kts)	10000(12)
Armament	1 x 2 - 37/63 type 76, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, helicopter deck
Electronic equipment	type 1007, Furuno FR-2117 radars
Complement	50 + 20 passengers

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Project history

Former RN Castle-class patrol ships.

Modernizations

2012, Dhaleshwari; 2013, Bijoy: - 1 x 2 - 37/63, 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 C-704 SSM (4 C-704), 1 x 1 - 76/59 PJ-26, type 360, type 347 radars

Naval service

No significant events.