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