BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin (1994)

History
Bangladesh
Name	BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin
Builder	Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen
Yard number	971
Laid down	6 February 1978
Launched	18 March 1976
Acquired	December 1993
Commissioned	Royal Navy 1976
Recommissioned	Bangladesh Navy 29 January 1994
Homeport	Chittagong
Identification	Pennat Number: A 511
Nickname(s)	BNS SR
Status	In 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 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
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 × Bofors 40 mm/60 Mk 3; 2 x FN 7.62 mm MGs Countermeasures ESM: Orange Crop; intercept

BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin is an Island Class Offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladeshi Navy being used as a training ship. She was built as Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel, HMS Jersey (P295).

History

HMS Jersey (P295) was built at Aberdeen, being launched in 1976 by HRH Princess Anne and subsequently commissioned into the Navy later that year. She was the first ship of the class to be commissioned; six more followed her.

She was decommissioned and subsequently sold to Bangladesh Navy in 1994, entering its navy as the training ship Shaheed Ruhul Amin. BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin replaced another ship of the same name and pennant number. The earlier ship was a former Canadian coastal passenger-cargo vessel Anticosti.

Career

BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin is currently based at Chittagong. She is serving as a training ship of new sailors and officers of Bangladesh Navy from 1994.

See also

• List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy