Island-class patrol vessel

This article is about a Royal Navy patrol vessel class. For the U.S. Coast Guard patrol vessel class, seeIsland-class patrol boat.

BNSSanguoperating in theBay of Bengal,in 2011
Class overview
Builders	Hall, Russell & Company
Operators	Bangladesh Navy(active) Royal Navy(retired) Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency(retired) Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard(retired) Sea Shepherd Conservation Society(retired)
Succeeded by	Castle class
In commission	1976–Present
Completed	7 (excluding FPV JURA and FPV WESTRA)
Active	5 (Bangladesh Navy)
Preserved	1
General characteristics
Type	Offshore patrol vessel
Displacement	1,000 tons (standard) 1,280 tons (full load)
Length	195 ft (59 m) (overall)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draft	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 2 Ruston-Paxman diesel, 4,380 hp (3,270 kW) variable-pitch propeller
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h)
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h)
Complement	35
Sensors and processing systems	Surface Search and navigation:Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 radar Simrad RU sidescan sonar
Armament	1 ×Bofors 40 mm L/60Mark III gun, replaced by 1 × 30mm gun in some ships

TheIsland-class patrol vesselwas first designed and built for theScottish Fisheries Protection Agency.As a result of theRoyal Navy's experiences in theCod WarswithIceland,FPVJura(loaned to the Navy asHMSJura) and FPVWestrawere put in fishery protection patrols, the Navy built a further seven. These ships were designed and built byHall RussellofAberdeen,Scotland.

Fishery protection cruisers

FPVJuraandFPVWestrawere built byHall, Russell & CompanyofAberdeenin 1973 and 1975 respectively.Jurawas loaned to theRoyal Navybetween 1975 and 1977 for evaluation.

Royal Navy offshore fishery protection ships

The success ofJuraencouraged the Royal Navy to build a further seven ships to the same design; these ships formed the bulk of theFishery Protection Squadron,whose mission was to patrol theAtlanticfishing grounds, and ensure the security of the British oil and gas fields in theNorth Sea.However, since the mid-1990s, the class has been gradually decommissioned;Jerseywas sold to theBangladesh Navyin 1994, to be followed byShetland,Alderney,Anglesey,GuernseyandLindisfarne,withOrkneygoing toTrinidad and Tobago.The Island class was replaced in the Fishery Protection Squadron by the three ships of theRiver class.

Ships in class

Name	Pennant number	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Status
Jura class OPVs (2)
FPVJura	P296 (HMSJura)	Hall, Russell & Company		1973		It was the design basis for the 7 Island class OPVs. Jura was sold in 1988 to Marrs of Hull and renamed Criscilla, and then sold to Marr Vessel Management Ltd renamed again as N'Madi. According to one source the ship sold to Government of theIslamic Republic of Mauretaniain 1992. She was broken up in Portugal in November 2001.
FPVWestra		Hall, Russell & Company		1974	1975	Sister ship of FPVJura.Sold toSea Shepherd Conservation Societyand renamedMYSteve Irwin.
Island-class OPVs (7)
HMSAnglesey	P277	Hall, Russell & Company				Sold to theBangladesh Navyand renamed BNSGomati.
HMSAlderney	P278	Hall, Russell & Company				Sold to theBangladesh Navyand renamed BNSKarotoa.
HMSJersey	P295	Hall, Russell & Company				Sold to theBangladesh Navyand renamed BNSShaheed Ruhul Amin.
HMSGuernsey	P297	Hall, Russell & Company				Sold to theBangladesh Navyand renamed BNSSangu.
HMSShetland	P298	Hall, Russell & Company				Sold to theBangladesh Navyand renamed BNSKapotaksha.
HMSOrkney	P299	Hall, Russell & Company				Sold toTrinidad and TobagoCoast Guard and renamed TTSNelson.
HMSLindisfarne	P300	Hall, Russell & Company				Sold to theBangladesh Navyand renamed BNSTurag.

Disposal

BNS Sanguin theBay of Bengal

Presently, five Island-class patrol vessels are in active service with the Bangladesh Navy. They areKarotoa(ex-Alderney),Kapatakhaya(ex-Shetland),Turag(ex-Lindisfarne),Gomati(ex-Anglesey) andSangu(ex-Guernsey). Another ex-Royal Navy Island-class vessel,Jersey,was used as the training ship,Shaheed Ruhul Amin.The final ship of the class, ex-Royal Navy vesselOrkneyis in service with theTrinidad and Tobago Coast Guardand namedTTSNelson.

TheScottish Fisheries Protection AgencyWestrawas sold to theSea Shepherd Conservation Societyin 2006 and renamedMYSteve Irwin.Jurawas sold in 1988 and renamedCriscilla,and thenN'Madi.She was broken up in Portugal in November 2001.

References

Bibliography

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