CGS Mansoor Ali

History
Bangladesh
Name	Mansoor Ali
Builder	Fincantieri
Laid down	4 April 1985
Launched	21 June 1986
Acquired	12 October 2017
Commissioned	15 November 2020 [1]
Identification	Pennant number: PL 73 MMSI number: 405000220 Callsign: S3GF
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & type	Leader-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement	1,285 tonnes
Length	87 m (285 ft 5 in)
Beam	10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Draught	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Depth	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × shaft 2 × diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste GMT BM-230.20 DVM outputting 11,000 hp (8,200 kW) 4 × diesel generators Isotta Fraschini ID-36-SS-12V, 2.600 kW (3.487 hp), with Ansaldo MXR 400 M6Z electric generators
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	120 personnel including 7 officers
Armament	1 × Oerlikon KBA 25 mm gun Heavy machine guns

CGS Mansoor Ali is a Leader-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Coast Guard. Mansoor Ali entered service in 2020.

History

The ship was laid down on 4 April 1985 by Fincantieri and launched on 21 June 1986. She was commissioned into the Italian Navy as an anti-submarine warfare corvette named Urania (F 552) on 1 June 1987. On 10 March 2016, Urania was decommissioned from the Italian Navy and sold to the Bangladesh Coast Guard. The ship went through an extensive refit at Fincantieri where the vessel was converted to an offshore patrol vessel. All sensors and armaments were removed from the ship and replaced by those meeting Bangladesh Coast Guard requirements.

Career

The ship was handed over to the Bangladesh Coast Guard on 12 October 2017. ^[2] She reached the port of Mongla on 21 December 2017. ^[3] She was commissioned to the Bangladesh Coast Guard on 15 November 2020. ^[1]

See also

• List of ships of the Bangladesh Coast Guard
• CGS Syed Nazrul
• CGS Tajuddin
• CGS Kamruzzaman

References

1. "Coast guard to be turned into a modern force: PM Hasina". Prothom Alo. 15 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
2. Desclèves, Emmanuel (11 November 2017). "Une nouvelle vie pour deux anciennes corvettes italiennes, un exemple à suivre". Revue Défense nationale (in French). Archived from the original on 2023-05-30.
3. "2 patrol vessels join Coast Guard fleet". The Daily Star . 22 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.