BNS Bijoy

BNS Bijoy is a  guided missile corvette of the Bangladesh Navy.  She has served in the Bangladesh Navy since 2011.

Description
The ship carries four C-704 automated anti-ship missiles. Besides it has one AK-176 main gun and two Oerlikon 20 mm auto cannons. It has a flight deck which can accommodate helicopter up to Westland Sea King size.

History
The ship was laid down by Hall, Russell & Company of Aberdeen, Scotland on 25 June 1980 and launched on 3 June 1981. She was commissioned to the Royal Navy as  on 12 March 1982. She served Royal Navy from 1982 to 2008. The ship was decommissioned in 2008. In April 2010, she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.

Career
From 21 May 2014, the ship underwent a major refit, installing upgrades to suite the Bangladesh Navy's requirements which continued until December 2010. The Bangladesh Navy acquired the ship on 14 May 2010. The ship reached Chittagong on 21 January 2011. On 5 March 2011, the ship was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Bijoy.

BNS Bijoy took part in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT), a bilateral exercise with United States Navy, in 2011 and 2015.

On 1 December 2017, BNS Bijoy departed for Lebanon to join in United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). She replaced two Bangladesh Navy ships,  and , which had deployed earlier. On her way, she paid a goodwill visit to the Port of Colombo from 6 December to 8 December 2017.

See also
 List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy

References

Category:Ships of the Bangladesh Navy
Category:Corvettes of the Bangladesh Navy
Category:1981 ships