BNS Gomati

Career (Bangladesh)
Class and type: Island Class Large Patrol Vessel
Name: BNS Gomati
Builder: Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen
Yard number: 983
Laid down: 6 February 1978
Launched: 18 October, 1978
Acquired: July, 2003
Commissioned: 3 October 2004
Homeport: Khulna
Status: In active service
General characteristics
Displacement:1,260 tons (full load)
Length:59.5 m (195 ft)
Beam:11 m (36 ft)
Draught:4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion:2 × Ruston 12RKC diesels; 5,640 hp (4.21 MW) sustained; 1 × shaft; cp prop
Speed:16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Range:7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
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 914

BNS Gomati s an Island Class Offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladeshi Navy. She is serving Bangladeshi Navy from 2003.

History

Built by Hall, Russell & Company, she was modelled on the ocean-going trawlers FPV Jura (1973) and FPV Westra (1974). The vessel was laid down in 6 February 1978 and launched on 18 October 1978.[1] She was commissioned to Royal Navy as HMS Anglesey (P277) on 1 June 1979.[2] In 2002 she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.

Career

Bangladesh Navy acquired the ship on 29 July, 2002.[3] On 4 May 2003, BNS Gomati was commissioned to Bangladesh Navy. She is currently serving under the command of the Commodore Commanding BN Khulna (COMKHUL).

BNS Gomati took part in Exercise Aman in 2013, a multinational exercise held at Karachi port of Pakistan.[4] On her way, she visited the port of Colombo, Sri Lanka from 23 to 26 February[5] and Visakhapatnam Port of India from 17 to 20 March 2013[6] on goodwill missions.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jeremy Olver. "Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels". Royal Navy Postwar. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "HMS Anglesey". Aberdeen Built Ships. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.bdmilitary.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=236&Itemid=118
  4. ↑ http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130309/DEFREG04/303090003/Pakistan-Guest-Navies-Conclude-Aman-13-Exercise?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
  5. ↑ http://navaltoday.com/2013/02/25/bangladesh-naval-ship-arrives-at-port-of-colombo-2/
  6. ↑ http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/bangladesh-naval-ship-in-visakhapatnam-on-a-three-day-visit-344056