BNS Karatoa
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Bangladesh | |
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 |
Identification: | Pennant number: P 913 |
Status: | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Island-class offshore patrol vessel |
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 (4,210 kW) 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 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement: | 39 |
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BNS Karatoa is an Island-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladeshi Navy. She entered service with the Bangladeshi Navy in 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 on 11 June 1978 and launched on 27 February 1979.[1][2] She was commissioned into Royal Navy as HMS Alderney (P278) on 6 October 1979. In 2002 she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.
Career
The Bangladesh Navy acquired the ship on 29 July 2002.[3] On 4 May 2003, BNS Karatoa was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy. She is currently serving under the command of the Commodore Commanding BN Khulna (COMKHUL).
See also
References
- ↑ "Alderney". Aberdeen Built Ships. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
- ↑ Jeremy Olver. "Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels". Royal Navy Postwar. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
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