BNS Karotoa
Island-class offshore patrol vessel
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BNS Karotoa is an Island-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladeshi Navy. She entered service with the Bangladeshi Navy in 2003.
| History | |
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| 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 |
| Home port | 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 |
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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.