BNS Karotoa

History
Bangladesh
Name	Karotoa
Namesake	Karatoya River
Builder	Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen
Yard number	984
Laid down	11 June 1978
Launched	27 February 1979
Acquired	31 October 2002
Commissioned	4 May 2003
Homeport	Khulna
Identification	Pennant number: P 913
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Island-class offshore 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
Sensors and ; processing systems	Surface Search and navigation: Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 radar; I-band; Combat Data Systems: Racal CANE DEA-1 action data automation;
Armament	Guns:; 1 × Bofors 40 mm/60 Mk 3 ; 2 × FN 7.62 mm machine guns; Countermeasures; ESM: Orange Crop; intercept;

BNS Karotoa is an Island-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladeshi Navy. She entered service with the Bangladeshi Navy in 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 on 11 June 1978 and launched on 27 February 1979.^[1]^[2] She was commissioned into Royal Navy as HMS Alderney (P278) on 6 October 1979. In 2002 she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.

Career

Bangladesh acquired the ship on 31 October 2002. On 4 May 2003, BNS Karotoa was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy.^[3] She is currently serving under the command of the Commodore Commanding BN Khulna (COMKHUL).

References

^ "Alderney". Aberdeen Built Ships. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
^ 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.

Bibliography

Richardson, Ian (February 2022). "Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV)". Marine News Supplement: Warships. 76 (2): S118–S124. ISSN 0966-6958.

[1] "Alderney". Aberdeen Built Ships. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2010.

[2] Jeremy Olver. "Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels". Royal Navy Postwar. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.

[3] Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2014). Jane's Fighting Ships 2014-2015. Coulsdon, UK: IHS Jane's. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7106-3101-5.

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v t e Island-class patrol vessel
Royal Navy	Jersey Shetland Alderney Anglesey Guernsey Lindisfarne Orkney
Bangladesh Navy	Shaheed Ruhul Amin (ex-Jersey) Kapatakhaya (ex-Shetland) Karotoa (ex-Alderney) Gomati (ex-Anglesey) Sangu (ex-Guernsey) Turag (ex-Lindisfarne)
Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard	Nelson (ex-Orkney)
Followed by: Castle class
List of patrol vessels of the Royal Navy

History

Bangladesh
Name	Karotoa
Namesake	Karatoya River
Builder	Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen
Yard number	984
Laid down	11 June 1978
Launched	27 February 1979
Acquired	31 October 2002
Commissioned	4 May 2003
Homeport	Khulna
Identification	Pennant number: P 913
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Island-class offshore 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
Sensors and processing systems	Surface Search and navigation: Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 radar; I-band Combat Data Systems: Racal CANE DEA-1 action data automation
Armament	Guns: 1 × Bofors 40 mm/60 Mk 3 2 × FN 7.62 mm machine guns Countermeasures ESM: Orange Crop; intercept

BNS Karotoa

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