CGS Rangamati
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Name | CGS Rangamati |
Builder | Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited |
Commissioned | 1995 |
Identification | Pennant number: P 114 |
Status | Active |
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Name | BNS Rangamati |
Commissioned | 1 June 1977 |
Decommissioned | 1995 |
Identification | Pennant number: P 114 |
Fate | Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard |
General characteristics | |
Class & type | Pabna-class patrol boat |
Displacement | 69 tons |
Length | 22.9 m (75 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion |
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Complement | 33 personnel |
Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun |
CGS Rangamati is a Pabna-class riverine patrol craft of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.
History
[edit]The ship was built at Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited. She was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Rangamati on 1 June 1977. With the emergence of Bangladesh Coast Guard, the ship was transferred to them in 1995 and commissioned into the coast guard as CGS Rangamati.
Design
[edit]The ship is 22.9 metres (75 ft 2 in) in length, 6.1 metres (20 ft 0 in) in breadth and 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in) in draught. She has a displacement of 69 tons and a complement of 33 personnel. The ship carries one Bofors 40 mm gun of 60 calibres as armament. The patrol craft can be used for coastal patrolling also besides riverine patrolling.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Pabna Class Patrol Boat". Worldwarships.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2015.