BNS Kapatakhaya
.jpg) Sister ship BNS Sangu
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| Name | Kapatakhaya |
| Namesake | Kapotaksha River |
| Builder | Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen |
| Yard number | 973 |
| Launched | 22 October 1976 |
| Acquired | 31 October 2002 |
| Commissioned | 4 May 2003 |
| Homeport | Khulna |
| Identification | Pennant number: P 912 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Island-class 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 Kapatakhaya is an Island-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Navy. She entered service with the Bangladesh 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 in 1975 and launched on 22 October 1976.[1] She was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Shetland (P298) on 14 July 1977. In 2002 she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.
Career[edit]
Kapatakhaya transferred on 31 July 2002. On 4 May 2003, she was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy.[2] She is currently serving under the command of the Commodore Commanding BN Khulna (COMKHUL).
BNS Kapatakhaya took part in Exercise Shomudro Torongo, a joint bilateral exercise with the Royal Navy at Ganges delta region in Bangladesh from 29 April to 3 March 2009.[3]
BNS Kapatakhaya participated in Exercise Milan, a biennial multilateral exercise at Andaman Islands in India in February 2010.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Shomudro Torongo in the Ganges Delta by Royal Navy and Bangladesh Navy". Marinebuzz.com. 21 May 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- ^ "Indian Navy Hosts Milan 2010". Marinebuzz.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
Bibliography[edit]
- Richardson, Ian (February 2022). "Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV)". Marine News Supplement: Warships. 76 (2): S118–S124. ISSN 0966-6958.
External links[edit]
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 Bangladesh Navy |
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