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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 |
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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| Name | BNS Kapatakhaya |
| Builder | Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen |
| Yard number | 973 |
| Launched | 22 October 1976 |
| Acquired | 31 October 2002 |
| Commissioned | 4 May 2003 |
| Homeport | Khulna |
| Status | In active 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 n miles at 12 knots |
| Complement | 39 |
| 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 |
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| Notes | Pennant 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
- ^ 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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- ^ http://www.marinebuzz.com/2009/05/21/shomudro-torongo-in-the-ganges-delta-by-royal-navy-and-bangladesh-navy/
- ^ http://www.marinebuzz.com/2010/02/06/indian-navy-hosts-milan-2010/
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