BNS Gomati

Patrol vessel in the Bangladesh Navy

Sister ship BNS Sangu

History
Bangladesh
Name| BNS Gomati
Builder| Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen
Yard number| 983
Laid down| 6 February 1978
Launched| 18 October 1978
Acquired| 12 September 2003
Commissioned| 3 October 2004
Homeport| Khulna
Identification| Pennant number: P 914
Status| in active service
General characteristics
Class and type| Island-class 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 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 × FN 7.62 mm MGs
* Countermeasures
* ESM: Orange Crop; intercept

BNS Gomati is an Island-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Navy. She was originally built as a Fishery Protection Vessel for the British Royal Navy, entering service as HMS Anglesey in 1979. She was sold to Bangladesh in 2002, entering service in 2003.

## Design and description

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The Island-class was the result in the increase in the United Kingdom's Exclusive economic zone to 200 nautical miles (370 km), with a resulting increase in the requirements to patrol fishing grounds and oil fields. After evaluation of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency's fishery protection vessel Jura, built by the shipbuilders Hall, Russell & Company to a trawler-like design, the Royal Navy ordered five ships of the Island-class, based on Jura's design in February 1975, with a further two ships, Anglesey and Alderney on 21 October 1977.[1][2]

Anglesey was 59.5 metres (195 ft) long overall and 53.6 metres (176 ft) at the waterline, with a beam of 11.0 metres (36.1 ft) and a draught of 4.2 metres (14 ft). Displacement was 1,000 tonnes (980 long tons) normal and 1,280 tonnes (1,260 long tons) deep load.[3] Two Ruston 12 RK 3 CM diesel engines rated at a total of 4,380 brake horsepower (3,270 kW) drove a single propeller shaft, giving a speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph),[2] adequate to deal with the majority of trawlers in service in European waters.[4] Range was 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).[2] The earlier ships of the class had suffered from excessive motions in high seas,[4] and so Anglesey was fitted with fin stabiliser during build.[3][2] Armament consisted of a single Bofors 40 mm gun backed up by two machine guns.[3] The ship had a crew of 5 officers and 29 other ranks, plus a detachment of Royal Marines if necessary.[2]

## History

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HMS Anglesey was laid down at Hall Russell's Aberdeen shipyard on 6 February 1978[5][verification needed] and launched on 18 October 1978.[3] She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 1 June 1979.[2] On commissioning she joined the Offshore Division of the Fishery Protection Squadron. On 13–14 August 1979, the Fastnet yacht race was hit by a severe storm, with Anglesey taking part in the resulting rescue operations, saving seven sailors from the yacht Bonaventure II.[6]

In 2002 she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.

## Career

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Gomati transferred on 12 September 2003. On 3 October 2004, she was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy.[7] She is currently serving under the command of the Commodore Commanding BN Khulna (COMKHUL).

Gomati took part in Exercise Aman in 2013, a multinational exercise held at Karachi port of Pakistan.[8] She visited the port of Colombo, Sri Lanka from 23 to 26 February[9] and Visakhapatnam Port in India from 17 to 20 March 2013[10] on goodwill missions.

## See also

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* List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy

## References

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1. ^ Preston 1995, pp. 536–537
2. ^ a b c d e f Couhat & Baker 1986, p. 198
3. ^ a b c d Preston 1995, p. 537
4. ^ a b Brown & Moore 2012, pp. 135–136
5. ^ Jeremy Olver. "Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels". Royal Navy Postwar. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
6. ^ "Ships of the Royal Navy No. 291: Anglesey Pitches In". Navy News. February 1980. p. 5. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
7. ^ Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2014). Jane's Fighting Ships 2014-2015. Coulsdon, UK: IHS Jane's. p. 55\. ISBN 978-0-7106-3101-5.
8. ^ "Pakistan, Guest Navies Conclude Aman-13 Exercise | Defense News". defensenews.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
9. ^ "Bangladesh Naval Ship Arrives at Port of Colombo". Naval Today. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
10. ^ "Bangladesh naval ship in Visakhapatnam on a three-day visit". Ndtv.com. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

## Bibliography

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* Brown, David K.; Moore, George (2012). Rebuilding the Royal Navy: Warship Design Since 1945. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-150-2.
* Couhat, Jean Laybayle; Baker, A. D., eds. (1986). Combat Fleets of the World 1986/87: Their Ships, Aircraft and Armament. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85368-860-5.
* Preston, Antony (1995). "United Kingdom". In Chumbley, Stephen (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 479–543. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
* Richardson, Ian (February 2022). "Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV)". Marine News Supplement: Warships. 76 (2): S118–S124. ISSN 0966-6958.

## External links

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* Image as HMS Anglesey

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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

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