CGS Pabna

History
Bangladesh Coast Guard
Name	CGS Pabna
Builder	Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited
Commissioned	1995
Identification	Pennant number: P 111
Status	Active
Bangladesh Navy
Name	BNS Pabna
Commissioned	1 June 1972
Decommissioned	1995
Identification	Pennant number: P 111
Fate	Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard
General characteristics
Class and type	Pabna-class patrol boat
Displacement	75 tons
Length	22.9 m (75 ft 2 in)
Beam	6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Draught	1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 Cummins diesel engine 2 shafts
Complement	33 personnel
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm gun

CGS Pabna is a Pabna-class riverine patrol craft of Bangladesh Coast Guard. She is the first ever warship made in Bangladesh.

History

The ship was built at Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited. She was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Pabna on 1 June 1972. This ship was the first ship of Bangladesh Navy. Later on, in 1995, after the emergence of Bangladesh Coast Guard, the ship was transferred to them and commissioned into the Bangladesh Coast Guard as CGS Pabna.

Design

The ship is 22.9 metres (75 ft 2 in) in length, 6.1 metres (20 ft 0 in) in breadth and 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in) in draught. She has a displacement of 75 tons and a complement of 33 personnel. The ship carries one Bofors 40 mm gun of 60 calibers as armament. This patrol craft can be used for coastal patrolling as well as riverine patrolling. ^[1]

See also

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

References

1. "Pabna Class Patrol Boat". Worldwarships.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2015.