BNS Sangu

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BNS Sangu (P-713)
Career (Bangladesh)
Class and type: Island Class Large Patrol Vessel
Name:

HMS Guernsey (P297)

BNS Sangu
Builder: Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen
Yard number: 974[1]
Laid down: 14 May 1976
Launched: 17 February 1977[2]
Commissioned: Royal Navy 28 October 1977[3]
Recommissioned: Bangladesh Navy 3 October 2004
Status: In service
General characteristics
Displacement: 1,260 tons (full load)
Length: 59.5 meter
Beam: 11 meter
Draught: 4.5 meter
Propulsion: 2 x Ruston 12RKC diesels; 5,640 hp (4.21 MW) sustained; 1 x shaft; cp prop
Speed: 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Range: 7,000 n miles at 12 knots
Complement: 39
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Navigation: Kelvin Hughes Type 1006; I-band
  • Combat Data Systems: Racal CANE DEA-1 action data automation
Armament:
  • Guns:
    • 1 x Bofors 40 mm/60 Mk 3; 2 x FN 7.62 mm MGs
  • Countermeasures
    • ESM: Orange Crop; intercept
Notes: Pennant number: P 713
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Guernsey.

BNS Sangu is an Island Class Offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladeshi Navy, built as the Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel, HMS Guernsey (P297).

History

Built by Hall, Russell & Company, she was modelled on the ocean-going trawlers FPV Jura (1973) and FPV Westra (1974). She was launched as HMS Guernsey (P297) in 1977.[1]

She and HMS Lindisfarne were the last of their class to be sold to the Bangladesh Navy, on 29 January 2004,[4] to protect the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Bay of Bengal.[5]

Career

The class of patrol boats was built to enforce a 200-mile (320 km) fishing zone around the UK, netting hundreds of thousands of pounds in fines.[4]

The Sangu was commanded under the command of the Commodore Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL), but now it is commanded by Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla. About 100 personnel serve at Sangu, which is categorized as Large Offshore Patrol Vessel in the Bangladesh Navy.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Guernsey". Aberdeen Built Ships. Retrieved 20 February 2010. 
  2. ↑ "Patrol Craft". Retrieved 21 February 2010. 
  3. ↑ Jeremy Olver. "Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels". Royal Navy Postwar. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Farewell to the Island Class". Navy News. 29 January 2004. Retrieved 21 February 2010. 
  5. ↑ http://www.bdmilitary.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=236&Itemid=118


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