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CGS Pabna
Career (Bangladesh) Naval Ensign of Bangladesh
Name: BNS Pabna
Builder: DEW Narayengonj
Commissioned: 1 June 1972
Decommissioned: 1995
Identification: Pennant number: P 111
Fate: Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard
Career (Bangladesh Coast Guard)
Name: CGS Pabna
Commissioned: 1995
Identification: Pennant number: P 111
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class & type: Pabna Class
Displacement: 69 tons
Length: 22.9 m (75 ft)
Beam: 6.1 ft (6.1 ft)
Draught: 1.9 m (6.2 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 Cummins diesel engine
  • 2 shafts
Complement: 33 personnel
Armament: 1 x Bofors 40 mm gun

CGS Pabna is a Pabna Class riverine patrol crafts of Bangladesh Coast Guard.

History[]

The ship was built at Dockyard and Engineering works (DEW) Narayangonj. She was commissioned to Bangladesh Navy as BNS Pabna on 1 June 1972. This ship was the first ship of Bangladesh Navy. Later on, in 1995, after the emergence of Bangladesh Coast Guard, the ships were transferred to them. In 1995, she was commissioned to Bangladesh Coast Guard as CGS Pabna.

Design[]

The ship is 22.9 metres (75 ft) in length, 6.1 feet (6.1 ft) in breadth and 1.9 metres (6.2 ft) in drought. She has a displacement of 69 tons and a complement of 33 personnel. The ship carries one Bofors 40 mm gun of 60 cal. as armament. This patrol craft can be used for coastal patrolling also besides riverine patrolling.[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. "Pabna Class Patrol Boat.". Worldwidwships.com. http://www.worldwarships.com/class/pabna. Retrieved 13 November 2015. 
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