BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin

BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin is an Island Class Offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladeshi Navy being used as a training ship. She was built as Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel, HMS Jersey (P295).

History
HMS Jersey (P295) was built at Aberdeen, being launched in 1976 by HRH Princess Anne and subsequently commissioned into the Navy later that year. She was the first ship of the class to be commissioned, six more would followed her.

She was decommissioned and subsequently sold to Bangladesh Navy in 1994, entering its navy as the training ship Shaheed Ruhul Amin. BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin replaced another ship of the same name and pennant number. The earlier ship was a former Canadian coastal passenger-cargo vessel Anticosti.

Career
BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin is currently based at Chittagong. She is serving as a training ship of new sailors and officers of Bangladesh Navy from 1994.