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BNS Haji Mohsin [1] [2] [3] is a naval base of the Bangladesh Navy. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was established after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, and named in honour of Haji Muhammad Mohsin . The base is the principal logistics base of the Bangladesh Navy, and is located in the Dhaka Cantonment .
The Bangladesh Navy (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী) is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for the defence of Bangladesh's 118,813 square kilometres (45,874 sq mi) of maritime territorial area from any external threat, the security of sea ports and exclusive economic zones of ...
BNS Shaheed Moazzem is a naval base of the Bangladesh Navy, established after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, and named in honour of shaheed (Martyr) Lieutenant Commander Moazzem Hossain [1] who had sacrificed his life for his motherland in the Bangladesh Liberation War.
BNS Sher-e-Bangla is the first all service naval base being developed for the Bangladesh Navy at Rabnabad, Patuakhali. [2] With an area of 700 acres. [3] this is the largest naval base of the Bangladesh Navy. Of that area, 300 acres of land have been developed for naval base and 400 acres is devoted for naval aviation and submarine operations.
To fulfill a goal, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina commissioned this full-fledged naval base [2] on November 5, 2018, to be called BNS Sheikh Mujib. [3] Bangladesh Navy treats this installation as crucial to cater the operational needs of the force in the capital.
Before the Bangladesh Liberation War, the naval base was named as PNS Bakhtiar.After independence the base was named BNS Chittagong. Later, on December 10, 1974, Chittagong naval base was renamed as BNS Issa Khan by the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, named after the medieval Baro-Bhuyan chieftain Isa Khan.
BNS Titumir (Bengali: বানৌজা তিতুমীর) is a naval base of the Bangladeshi Navy, founded after the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, and located in Khulna. Till 1971 it was titled as PNS Titumir as Bangladesh was then part of Pakistan.
The boats are being built by Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited under licence from PT Lundin Indonesia. 8 of 18 vessels are commissioned with Bangladesh Navy. These 11.7 meters long boats are armed with a 12.7 mm machine gun mount on cabin top and two additional gun mounts on the after deck.