Engineering:Pabna Class

Short description: Bangladesh Coast Guard vessel

Class overview
Name:	Pabna Class
Builders:	Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited
Operators:	Bangladesh Navy (former) Bangladesh Coast Guard (active)
In commission:	1972-Present
Planned:	5
Completed:	5
Active:	5
General characteristics
Displacement:	75 tons
Length:	22.9 m (75 ft)
Beam:	6.1 m (20 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

Pabna Class is the class of a riverine patrol crafts of Bangladesh. The ships of this class are the first ever made in Bangladesh warships. Currently Bangladesh Coast Guard operates them.

History

Pabna Class patrol craft was built at Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited. This ships were the first ships of Bangladesh Navy. Later on, in 1995, after the emergence of Bangladesh Coast Guard, the ships were transferred to them.

Design

The ships are 22.9 metres (75 ft) in length, 6.1 metres (20 ft) in breadth and 1.9 metres (6.2 ft) in drought. They have a displacement of 75 tons and a complement of 33 personnel. The ships carry one Bofors 40 mm gun of 60 cal. as armament. This patrol crafts can be used for coastal patrolling also besides riverine patrolling.

Ships in the class

Pennant Number	Name	Builder	Commissioned	Status
P 111	BNS Pabna	Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited	1 June 1972	Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard in 1995. Serving as CGS Pabna.
P 112	BNS Noakhali		1 July 1972	Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard in 1995. Serving as CGS Noakhali.
P 113	BNS Patuakhali		1 November 1974	Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard in 1995. Serving as CGS Patuakhali.
P 114	BNS Rangamati		1 June 1977	Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard in 1995. Serving as CGS Rangamati.
P 115	BNS Bogra		1 June 1977	Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard in 1995. Serving as CGS Bogra.

See also

• List of historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy
• List of ships of the Bangladesh Coast Guard