Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one sea-going vessel design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for BNS Somudra Avijan (F29).
CODOG (COmbined Diesel-Or-Gas): 2 x Fairbanks-Morse 38TD8-1/8-12 12-cylinder diesel engines developing 7,000 horsepower with 2 x Pratt & Whitney FR4A-6 gas tubrines developing 36,000 horsepower; 2 x Shafts astern.
Propulsion
29.0 kts
33.4 mph
Surface Speed
15,642 nm
18,000 miles | 28,968 km
Range