BNSKapatakhaya

Sister ship BNSSangu
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-classpatrol 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

BNSKapatakhayais anIsland-classoffshore patrol vesselof theBangladesh Navy.She entered service with the Bangladesh Navy in 2003.

History

Built byHall, Russell & Company,she was modelled on the ocean-going trawlers FPVJura(1973) andFPVWestra(1974). The vessel waslaid downin 1975 andlaunchedon 22 October 1976.She wascommissionedinto theRoyal NavyasHMSShetland(P298)on 14 July 1977. In 2002 she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.

Career

Kapatakhayatransferred on 31 July 2002. On 4 May 2003, she was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy.She is currently serving under the command of theCommodoreCommanding BNKhulna(COMKHUL).

BNSKapatakhayatook part inExercise Shomudro Torongo,a joint bilateral exercise with the Royal Navy at Ganges delta region inBangladeshfrom 29 April to 3 March 2009.

BNSKapatakhayaparticipated inExercise Milan,a biennial multilateral exercise atAndaman IslandsinIndiain February 2010.

See also

• List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy

Bibliography

• Richardson, Ian (February 2022). "Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV)".Marine News Supplement: Warships.76(2): S118–S124.ISSN0966-6958.

External links

• Image as HMSShetland