Second Batch of Chinese Made C13B Corvettes for Bangladesh Enter Production

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Second Batch of Chinese Made C13B Corvettes for Bangladesh Enter Production
 
A steel cutting ceremony took place August 9 at the China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Company (CSOC)'s Wuchang Shipyard in Wuhan, for the second batch of C13B Corvettes in presence of the Bangladesh Navy Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed. The two corvettes will join BNS Shadhinota (F111) and BNS Prottoy (F112) which joined the Bangladesh Navy at the beginning of 2016. The C13B-class of corvette shares many similarities with the PLAN's Type 056 Jiangdao class (on which it is based).
     
A steel cutting ceremony took place August 9 at the China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Company (CSOC)'s Wuchang Shipyard in Wuhan, for the second batch of C13B Corvettes in presence of the Bangladesh Navy Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed. The two corvettes will join BNS Shadhinota (F111) and BNS Prottoy (F112) which joined the Bangladesh Navy at the beginning of 2016. The C13B-class of corvette shares many similarities with the PLAN's Type 056...
The steel cutting ceremony. Picture via eastpendulum
     
BNS Shadhinota (F111) was launched in November 2014 and BNS Prottoy (F112) was launched in January 2015. Both vessels were delivered in December 2015, sailed to Bangladesh in January 2016 and entered active duty in March.
     
A steel cutting ceremony took place August 9 at the China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Company (CSOC)'s Wuchang Shipyard in Wuhan, for the second batch of C13B Corvettes in presence of the Bangladesh Navy Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed. The two corvettes will join BNS Shadhinota (F111) and BNS Prottoy (F112) which joined the Bangladesh Navy at the beginning of 2016. The C13B-class of corvette shares many similarities with the PLAN's Type 056...
BNS Shadhinota (F111) corvette of the Bangladesh Navy sailing to its base
     
Bangladesh C13B-class corvette retains most of the sensor and weapon systems found on board Chinese Navy Type 056 corvettes:
» 4x C-802A Anti-ship missiles (2 launchers with 2 missiles each)
» 1x FL-3000N (export version of AJK-10 / HQ-10) Surface to air missile launcher (8x missiles)
» 1x H/PJ-26 76mm main gun
» 2x H/PJ-17 30mm dual mode (auto/manual) remote controlled naval turret

Link to Type 056 Jiangdao class Corvette technical datasheet