CGS Patuakhali

History
Bangladesh Coast Guard
Name	CGS Patuakhali
Builder	Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited
Commissioned	1995
Identification	Pennant number: P 113
Status	Active
Bangladesh Navy
Name	BNS Patuakhali
Commissioned	1 November 1974
Decommissioned	1995
Identification	Pennant number: P 113
Fate	Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard
General characteristics
Class & type	Pabna-class patrol boat
Displacement	69 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 Patuakhali is a Pabna-class riverine patrol craft of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.

History

The ship was built at Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited, a state-owned ship construction and repair yard at Narayanganj managed by the Bangladesh Navy.

The patrol craft was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Patuakhali on 1 November 1974. After 21 years of service with Bangladesh Navy, in 1995, with the emergence of Bangladesh Coast Guard, the ship was transferred and commissioned into the coast guard as CGS Patuakhali.

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 69 tons and a complement of 33 personnel. The ship carries one Bofors 40 mm gun of 60 calibres as armament. The patrol craft can be used for both coastal and riverine patrolling.

See also

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