BNS Karotoa

History
Bangladesh
Name	Karotoa
Namesake	Karatoya River
Builder	Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen
Yard number	984
Laid down	11 June 1978
Launched	27 February 1979
Acquired	31 October 2002
Commissioned	4 May 2003
Homeport	Khulna
Identification	Pennant number: P 913
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Island-class offshore 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 & 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 Karotoa is an Island-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladeshi Navy. She entered service with the Bangladeshi 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 on 11 June 1978 and launched on 27 February 1979. ^{[1] [2]} She was commissioned into Royal Navy as HMS Alderney (P278) on 6 October 1979. In 2002 she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.

Career

Bangladesh acquired the ship on 31 October 2002. On 4 May 2003, BNS Karotoa was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy. ^[3] She is currently serving under the command of the Commodore Commanding BN Khulna (COMKHUL).

See also

• List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy
• Image as HMS Alderney

References

1. "Alderney". Aberdeen Built Ships. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
2. Jeremy Olver. "Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels". Royal Navy Postwar. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
3. Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2014). Jane's Fighting Ships 2014-2015. Coulsdon, UK: IHS Jane's. p. 55. ISBN   978-0-7106-3101-5.

Bibliography

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