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|Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|Bangladesh|naval}}
|Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|Bangladesh|naval}}
|Ship class=[[Island class patrol vessel|Island Class Large Patrol Vessel]]
|Ship class=[[Island class patrol vessel|Island Class Large Patrol Vessel]]
|Ship name=''Shetland''<br/>
|Ship name=BNS ''Kapatakhaya''
BNS ''Kapatakhaya''
|Ship ordered=
|Ship ordered=
|Ship awarded=
|Ship awarded=
|Ship builder=[[Hall, Russell & Company]], [[Aberdeen]]
|Ship builder=[[Hall, Russell & Company]], [[Aberdeen]]
|Ship yard number=973
|Ship yard number=973<ref name="aberdeen">{{cite web| url=http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?index=101709| title=''Shetland''| publisher=Aberdeen Built Ships| accessdate=21 February 2010}}</ref>
|Ship laid down=
|Ship laid down=
|Ship launched=22 October, 1976
|Ship launched=22 October 1976
|Ship christened=
|Ship christened=
|Ship acquired=31 October, 2002
|Ship acquired=31 October 2002
|Ship commissioned= [[Royal Navy]] 14 July 1977
|Ship commissioned=4 May 2003
|Ship recommissioned= [[Bangladesh Navy]] 4 May 2003
|Ship recommissioned=
|Ship decommissioned=
|Ship decommissioned=
|Ship in service=
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|Ship armament=
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*Guns:
*Guns:
**1 x Bofors 40 mm/60 Mk 3; 2 x FN 7.62 mm MGs
**1 x Bofors 40 mm/60 Mk 3
**2 x FN 7.62 mm MGs
* Countermeasures
* Countermeasures
**ESM: Orange Crop; intercept
**ESM: Orange Crop; intercept
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|Ship notes=Pennant number: P 912}}
|Ship notes=Pennant number: P 912
}}
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'''BNS ''Kapatakhaya''''' is an [[Island class patrol vessel|Island Class]] [[Offshore patrol vessel]] of the [[Bangladeshi Navy]], built as the [[Royal Navy]] offshore patrol vessel, '''HMS ''Shetland'' (P298)'''.
'''BNS ''Kapatakhaya''''' is an [[Island class patrol vessel|Island Class]] [[Offshore patrol vessel]] of the [[Bangladeshi Navy]]. She is serving [[Bangladeshi Navy]] from 2003.


==History==
==History==
The vessel was laid down in 1975 by [[Hall, Russell & Company]] in Aberdeen. Modelled on the ocean-going trawlers, FPV Jura (1973) and [[MV Steve Irwin|FPV Westra]] (1974), HMS ''Shetland'' was launched on 22 October 1976.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Today/island.htm| title=Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels| publisher=Royal Navy Postwar| author=Jeremy Olver| accessdate=21 February 2010| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100325110704/http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Today/island.htm| archivedate= 25 March 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
Built by [[Hall, Russell & Company]], she was modelled on the ocean-going trawlers FPV Jura (1973) and [[MV Steve Irwin|FPV Westra]] (1974).The vessel was laid down in 1975 and launched on 22 October 1976.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Today/island.htm| title=Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels| publisher=Royal Navy Postwar| author=Jeremy Olver| accessdate=21 February 2010| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20100325110704/http://www.btinternet.com/~warship/Today/island.htm| archivedate= 25 March 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> She was commissioned to [[Royal Navy]] as '''HMS SHETLAND (P298)''' on 14 July 1977. In 2002 she was sold to the [[Bangladesh Navy]].


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==Career==
''Shetland'' became a temporary Royal Yacht when [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles']] helicopter was grounded by fog during a royal visit to the [[Isles of Scilly]], transporting him to [[Penzance]].<ref name="news">{{cite web| url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/articles/2004/0401/0004012901.asp| title=Farewell to the Island Class| publisher=Navy News| date=29 January 2004| accessdate=21 February 2010}}</ref>
[[Bangladesh Navy]] acquired yhe ship on 31 October 2002.<ref>http://www.bdmilitary.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=236&Itemid=118</ref> On 4 May 2003, ''BNS Kapatakhaya'' was commissioned to [[Bangladesh Navy]]. She is currently serving under the command of the [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] Commanding BN [[Khulna]] (COMKHUL).


''BNS Kapatakhaya'' took part in ''Exercise Shomudro Torongo'', a joint bilateral exercise with [[Royal Navy]] at Ganges delta region in [[Bangladesh]] from April 29 to March 3, 2009.<ref>http://www.marinebuzz.com/2009/05/21/shomudro-torongo-in-the-ganges-delta-by-royal-navy-and-bangladesh-navy/</ref>
In 1992, ''Shetland'' seized cocaine with a street value of £30 million from a British-registered oil rig support vessel, {{convert|170|mi|km}} east of Newcastle. In 1978, Shetland saved the trawler ''Random Harvest'', on fire in the North Sea.<ref name="news"/>

Once decommissioned by the [[Royal Navy]], ''Shetland'' was sold to Bangladesh's Navy in 2003/04, along with 4 other ships of the same class to protect the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in [[Bay of Bengal]].<ref>http://www.bdmilitary.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=236&Itemid=118</ref>
She was renamed BNS ''Kapatakhaya''.<ref name="dsa">{{cite web| url=http://www2.edisposals.com/annual_report02_03.pdf| title=Annual Report 2002-2003| format=PDF| publisher=Disposal Services Agency| accessdate=21 February 2010}}</ref>

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==Career==
The [[island class patrol vessel|island class patrol boats]] were built to enforce a {{convert|200|mi|km|adj=on}} fishing zone around the UK, netting hundreds of thousands of pounds in fines.<ref name="news"/>


''BNS Kapatakhaya'' participated in ''Exercise Milan'', a biennial multilateral exercise at [[Andaman Islands]] in [[India]] in February 2010.<ref>http://www.marinebuzz.com/2010/02/06/indian-navy-hosts-milan-2010/</ref>
The ''Kapatakhaya'' is currently under the command of the [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] Commanding [[Khulna]] (COMKHUL). About 100 personnel serve at ''Kapatakhaya'', which is categorized as Large Offshore Patrol Vessel by [[Bangladesh Navy]].


==See also==
==See also==
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Revision as of 19:26, 23 December 2014

History
Bangladesh
NameBNS Kapatakhaya
BuilderHall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen
Yard number973
Launched22 October 1976
Acquired31 October 2002
Commissioned4 May 2003
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Displacement1,260 tons (full load)
Length59.5 m (195 ft)
Beam11 m (36 ft)
Draught4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion2 × Ruston 12RKC diesels; 5,640 hp (4.21 MW) sustained; 1 × shaft; cp prop
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Range7,000 n miles at 12 knots
Complement39
Sensors and
processing systems		list error: <br /> list (help)
Navigation: Kelvin Hughes Type 1006; I-band
Combat Data Systems: Racal CANE DEA-1 action data automation
Armament
  • Guns:
    • 1 x Bofors 40 mm/60 Mk 3
    • 2 x FN 7.62 mm MGs
  • Countermeasures
    • ESM: Orange Crop; intercept
NotesPennant number: P 912

BNS Kapatakhaya is an Island Class Offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladeshi Navy. She is serving Bangladeshi Navy from 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 in 1975 and launched on 22 October 1976.[1] She was commissioned to Royal Navy as HMS SHETLAND (P298) on 14 July 1977. In 2002 she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.

Career

Bangladesh Navy acquired yhe ship on 31 October 2002.[2] On 4 May 2003, BNS Kapatakhaya was commissioned to Bangladesh Navy. 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 Royal Navy at Ganges delta region in Bangladesh from April 29 to March 3, 2009.[3]

BNS Kapatakhaya participated in Exercise Milan, a biennial multilateral exercise at Andaman Islands in India in February 2010.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jeremy Olver. "Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels". Royal Navy Postwar. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ http://www.bdmilitary.com/?option=com_content&view=article&id=236&Itemid=118
  3. ^ http://www.marinebuzz.com/2009/05/21/shomudro-torongo-in-the-ganges-delta-by-royal-navy-and-bangladesh-navy/
  4. ^ http://www.marinebuzz.com/2010/02/06/indian-navy-hosts-milan-2010/


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