BNS ''Gomati'' is an

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of the

Bangladesh Navy The Bangladesh Navy ( bn, বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী, Bangladesh Nou Bahini) is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for Bangladesh's of maritime territorial area, and the defence of impo ...

. She was originally built as a Fishery Protection Vessel for the British

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, entering service as HMS ''Anglesey'' in 1979. She was sold to Bangladesh in 2002, entering service in 2003.

Design and description

The Island-class was the result in the increase in the United Kingdom's Exclusive economic zone to , with a resulting increase in the requirements to patrol fishing grounds and oil fields. After evaluation of the

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's fishery protection vessel ''Jura'', built by the shipbuilders Hall, Russell & Company to a trawler-like design, the Royal Navy ordered five ships of the Island-class, based on ''Jura''s design in February 1975, with a further two ships, ''Anglesey'' and on 21 October 1977. ''Anglesey'' was long overall and at the waterline, with a beam of and a draught of .

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was normal and deep load. Two Ruston 12 RK 3 CM

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s rated at a total of drove a single propeller shaft, giving a speed of , adequate to deal with the majority of trawlers in service in European waters. Range was at . The earlier ships of the class had suffered from excessive motions in high seas, and so ''Anglesey'' was fitted with fin stabiliser during build. Armament consisted of a single

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gun backed up by two machine guns. The ship had a crew of 5 officers and 29 other ranks, plus a detachment of

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s if necessary.

History

HMS ''Anglesey'' was

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at Hall Russell's

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shipyard on 6 February 1978 and launched on 18 October 1978. She was commissioned into the

on 1 June 1979. On commissioning she joined the Offshore Division of the Fishery Protection Squadron. On 13–14 August 1979, the Fastnet yacht race was hit by a severe storm, with ''Anglesey'' taking part in the resulting rescue operations, saving seven sailors from the yacht ''Bonaventure II''. In 2002 she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.

Career

''Gomati'' transferred on 12 September 2003. On 3 October 2004, she was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy. She is currently serving under the command of the Commodore Commanding BN

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(COMKHUL). ''Gomati'' took part in ''Exercise Aman'' in 2013, a multinational exercise held at Karachi port of

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. She visited the port of Colombo, Sri Lanka from 23 to 26 February and Visakhapatnam Port in India from 17 to 20 March 2013 on goodwill missions.

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