CGS Syed Nazrul

History
Bangladesh Coast Guard
Name: CGS Syed Nazrul
Builder: Fincantieri
Laid down: 11 March 1985
Launched: 3 April 1986
Acquired: 5 August 2016
Identification: Pennant number: PL 71
Status: Under sea trial
General characteristics
Class and type: Leader Class
Displacement: 1,285 tonnes
Length: 87 m (285 ft)
Beam: 10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught: 3.2–4.8 m (10–16 ft)
Propulsion: 2 Diesel Grandi Motori Trieste BM-230.20 DVM outputting 11.000 hp (8.203 kW)
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range: 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 7 officers, 113 men
Armament: 1 x Oerlikon KBA 25mm gun

CGS Syed Nazrul is a Leader Class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Coast Guard. The ship is under sea trial now.

History

The ship served Italian Navy as an ASW corvette named Minerva from 10 June 1987 to 2015. In 2015, she was decommissioned and sold to the Bangladesh Coast Guard. Then the ship gone through extensive refit at Fincantieri where it was converted to an offshore patrol vessel. All sensors and armaments were removed from the ship and replaced by the Bangladesh Coast Guard requirements.

Career

Syed Nazrul was handed over to the Bangladesh Coast Guard on 5 August 2016.[1][2] She left Italy for Bangladesh on 3 September 2016 and reached Chittagong, Bangladesh on 2 November 2016. [3]

See also

References

  1. "Italian navy hands over two warships to Coast Guard". theindependentbd.com. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. "1st 2 OPVs Delivered to Bangladesh Coast Guard". asdnews.com.com. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. "Two new BCG ships reach Ctg port.". The Asian Age. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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