CGS Tajuddin

As ITS Sibilla in 2001
History
 Bangladesh
Name: CGS Tajuddin
Builder: Fincantieri
Laid down: 16 October 1989
Launched: 15 September 1990
Acquired: 5 August 2016
Commissioned: 12 January 2017
Identification: Pennant number: PL 72
Status: In active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Leader Class
Displacement: 1,285 tonnes
Length: 87 m (285 ft)
Beam: 10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught: 3.2 m (10 ft)
Depth: 5.5 m (18 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range: 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 120 personnel including 7 officers
Armament: 1 x Oerlikon KBA 25mm gun

CGS Tajuddin is a Leader Class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Coast Guard. She is serving the Bangladesh Coast Guard since 2017.

History

The ship was laid down on 16 October 1989 at Fincantieri and launched at 15 September 1990. She was commissioned to the Italian Navy as an ASW corvette named Sibilla (F 558) at 16 May 1991. In 2015, she was decommissioned from the Italian Navy and sold to the Bangladesh Coast Guard. Then the ship gone through extensive refit at Fincantieri where it was converted to an offshore patrol vessel. All sensors and armaments were removed from the ship and replaced by the Bangladesh Coast Guard requirements.

Career

Tajuddin was handed over to the Bangladesh Coast Guard on 5 August 2016.[1][2] She left Italy for Bangladesh on 3 September 2016 and reached Chittagong, Bangladesh on 2 November 2016. [3] She was commissioned to the Bangladesh Coast Guard on 12 January 2017.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Italian navy hands over two warships to Coast Guard". theindependentbd.com. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "1st 2 OPVs Delivered to Bangladesh Coast Guard". asdnews.com.com. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Two new BCG ships reach Ctg port.". The Asian Age. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "PM asks coast guards to dedicate to serving nation.". BSS news. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Bangladesh Coast Guard to take due steps against militancy". SATV. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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