BNS Duranta

BNS Duranta is a Type 024 missile boat of the Bangladesh Navy. It was in service from 1983 to 2017.

Design
The ship carried two SY-1 anti-ship missiles. It was also armed with one twin-gun mount for the 25 mm Type 61 anti-aircraft gun. For surface search, it had a Type 352 Square Tie radar. It uses the Chinese copy of Soviet M50 engine called L-12V-180 engines which can run the ship at a top speed of 38 kn.

Career
BNS Duranta was commissioned on 6 April 1983. In the cyclone of 1991, the ship was damaged and later on repaired. She was decommissioned from the Bangladesh Navy on 30 March 2017. Later on she was scrapped.