title: BNS Salam
text: # BNS Salam
  
  BNS Salam is a modified Type 021 gunboat of the Bangladesh Navy. She was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy in 2002.
  
  ## Design
  
  Powered by three 4,000-horsepower (3,000 kW) diesel engines that drive three propellers, BNS Salam has a maximum speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). She has a range of 800 nautical miles (1,500 km; 920 mi) at 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph).
  
  The ship's armament consists of one 40 mm AA gun and twin 30 mm AA guns. She is equipped with one Type 352 Square Tie radar for surface search.
  
  ## Service
  
  The ship was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Durnibar on 10 November 1988. She was severely damaged in the cyclone of April 1991 and sunk into Karnaphuli river. Later, she was salvaged, renovated and modified into a gunboat. In 2002, she was recommissioned into the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Salam
  
  