BNS Karatoa

Career (Bangladesh)
Class and type: Island Class Large Patrol Vessel
Name: BNS Karatoa
Builder: Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen
Yard number: 984
Laid down: 11 June 1978
Launched: 27 February, 1979
Acquired: 29 July, 2002
Commissioned: 4 May 2003
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 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 913

BNS Karatoa is 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 11 June 1978 and launched on 27 February, 1979.[1][2] She was commissioned to Royal Navy as HMS Alderney (P278) on 6 October 1979. 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 Karatoa was commissioned to Bangladesh Navy. She is currently serving under the command of the Commodore Commanding BN Khulna (COMKHUL).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Alderney". Aberdeen Built Ships. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Jeremy Olver. "Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels". Royal Navy Postwar. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.bdmilitary.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=236&Itemid=118