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BNS Issa Khan is a naval base of the Bangladeshi Navy in Chittagong district of Bangladesh. It is the largest base of Bangladesh Navy. History. Before the Bangladesh Liberation War, the naval base was named as PNS Bakhtiar. After independence the base was named BNS Chittagong.
Naval and air base. The Bangladesh Navy's largest naval base, the BNS Issa Khan, and the Bangladesh Naval Academy are located in Chittagong port. The port is the home base of the most of the Bangladesh Navy fleet, including its submarine fleet.
The Chittagong Naval Area is the principal base of the Bangladesh Navy and the home port of most Bangladeshi warships. The Bangladesh Naval Academy and the navy's elite special force- Special Warfare Diving and Salvage (SWADS) are also based in the city. [89]
The base will have submarine berthing and aviation facilities. A separate submarine base named BNS Sheikh Hasina, is under construction at Pekua in Cox's Bazar. The construction works of a fleet headquarters at the Sandwip channel of Chittagong with ship berthing facilities is already going on.
Bangladesh Naval Academy is a reputed military academy for naval training in South Asia. It was established in 1976 at the premises of the Mercantile Marine Academy at Juludia, Chittagong, later shifted to BNS Issa Khan in Chittagong to train the cadets of the Bangladesh Navy.
Part of Chattogram Naval Area: Rangamati, Chittagong Division. Type: Naval Training Base: Site information; Owner: Bangladesh Navy: Site history; Built: 1976 () In use: 1976 - Present: Garrison information; Current commander: Captain Moyin
Air Force bases. BAF Base Bangabandhu (Dhaka) BAF Base Sheikh Hasina (Cox's Bazar) BAF Base Khademul Bashar (Dhaka) BAF Base Matiur Rahman (Jessore) BAF Base Paharkanchanpur (Tangail) BAF Base Zahurul Haq (Chittagong) Navy bases. BNS Haji Mohshin (Dhaka) BNS Sheikh Mujib (Dhaka) BNS Issa Khan (Chittagong) BNS Shaheed Moazzem (Rangamati)
It was a critical air, naval and military base for Allied Forces during the Burma Campaign against Japan. The Imperial Japanese Air Force carried out air raids on Chittagong in April and May 1942, in the run up to the aborted Japanese invasion of Bengal.
BNS Bhatiary is an establishment of the Bangladeshi Navy. Its location is in Chittagong, surrounded few hills. Career. The Vatiary is currently under the command of the Commodore Commanding Chittagong (COMCHIT). About 500 personnel serve at Vatiary, which is one of the firing training bases of the Bangladesh Navy.
Established trading base. In 1528, the Sultan of Bengal permitted the Portuguese to establish factories and customs houses in the Port of Chittagong. A fort and naval base was established in Firingi Bandar. The settlement grew into the most prominent Eurasian port on the Bay of Bengal during the Age of Discovery.