BNS Kapatakhaya

	Sister ship BNS Sangu
History
Bangladesh
Name	Kapatakhaya
Namesake	Kapotaksha River
Builder	Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen
Yard number	973
Launched	22 October 1976
Acquired	31 October 2002
Commissioned	4 May 2003
Homeport	Khulna
Identification	Pennant number: P 912
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 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 Kapatakhaya is an Island-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Navy. She entered service with the Bangladesh 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 in 1975 and launched on 22 October 1976.^[1] She was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Shetland (P298) on 14 July 1977. In 2002 she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.

Career

Kapatakhaya transferred on 31 July 2002. On 4 May 2003, she was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy.^[2] She is currently serving under the command of the Commodore Commanding BN Khulna (COMKHUL).

BNS Kapatakhaya took part in Exercise Shomudro Torongo, a joint bilateral exercise with the Royal Navy at Ganges delta region in Bangladesh from 29 April to 3 March 2009.^[3]

BNS Kapatakhaya participated in Exercise Milan, a biennial multilateral exercise at Andaman Islands in India in February 2010.^[4]

References

^ 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.
^ "Shomudro Torongo in the Ganges Delta by Royal Navy and Bangladesh Navy". Marinebuzz.com. 21 May 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
^ "Indian Navy Hosts Milan 2010". Marinebuzz.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

Bibliography

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

External links

Image as HMS Shetland

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

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

[3] "Shomudro Torongo in the Ganges Delta by Royal Navy and Bangladesh Navy". Marinebuzz.com. 21 May 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

[4] "Indian Navy Hosts Milan 2010". Marinebuzz.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

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