BNS Sangu operating in the Bay of Bengal
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History | |
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Bangladesh | |
Name | Sangu |
Namesake | Sangu River |
Builder | Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen |
Yard number | 974 |
Laid down | 14 May 1976 |
Launched | 17 February 1977 |
Acquired | 2004 |
Commissioned | 3 October 2004 |
Homeport | Chittagong |
Identification | Pennant number: P 713 |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 39 |
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BNS Sangu is an Island-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Navy. She began serving the Bangladesh Navy in 2004.