CGS Tajuddin

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History
Bangladesh
Name	CGS Tajuddin
Builder	Fincantieri
Laid down	16 October 1989
Launched	15 September 1990
Acquired	5 August 2016
Commissioned	12 January 2017
Identification	Pennant number: PL 72 MMSI number: 405000192 Callsign: S3GE
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Leader Class
Displacement	1,285 tonnes
Length	87 m (285 ft)
Beam	10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught	3.2 m (10 ft)
Depth	5.5 m (18 ft)
Propulsion	2 x shaft 2 x Diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste GMT BM-230.20 DVM outputting 11.000 hp (8.203 kW) 4 x diesel engine 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 x Oerlikon KBA 25mm gun Heavy machine guns Water cannon

CGS Tajuddin is a Leader Class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Coast Guard. Built in Italy in 1990 as a Minerva-class corvette, Sibilla (F 558). She was purchased from the Italian Navy in 2015 and has been serving the Bangladesh Coast Guard since 2016.