BNS Karotoa
Appearance
History | |
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Bangladesh | |
Name | Karotoa |
Namesake | Karatoya River |
Builder | Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen |
Yard number | 984 |
Laid down | 11 June 1978 |
Launched | 27 February 1979 |
Acquired | 31 October 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 Karotoa is an Island-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladeshi Navy. She entered service with the Bangladeshi Navy in 2003.
History
[edit]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
[edit]Bangladesh acquired the ship on 31 October 2002. On 4 May 2003, BNS Karotoa was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy.[3] She is currently serving under the command of the Commodore Commanding BN Khulna (COMKHUL).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2014). Jane's Fighting Ships 2014-2015. Coulsdon, UK: IHS Jane's. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7106-3101-5.