BNS ''Turag'' is an offshore patrol vessel 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 imp ...

. She has been serving in the Bangladesh Navy since 2004.

Construction and service

Built by

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, she was modelled on the ocean-going trawlers FPV ''Jura'' (1973) and FPV ''Westra'' (1974). She was launched on 1 June 1977. She was commissioned to

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as HMS ''Lindisfarne'' (P300) on 3 March 1978.

Royal Navy

On 27 March 1980, the

Accommodation platform An accommodation platform is an offshore platform which supports living quarters for offshore personnel. These are often associated with the petroleum industry, although other industries use them as well, such as the wind farm Horns Rev 2.

'' Alexander L. Kielland'' capsized in the

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in the

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, killing 123. ''Lindisfarne'' took part in the search for survivors following the accident, steaming 180 miles to reach the site of the accident. ''Lindisfarne'' found no survivors, but helped to ferry bodies found by other search vessels to the main production rig. On 29 January 2004, she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.

Bangladesh

BNS ''Turag'' reached Mongla Naval Base in May 2004 after an 8,000 mile journey from the UK. The ship made brief stopovers at Tangier port in

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, Port Said in

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, Jeddah in

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and

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in Sri Lanka as goodwill visits as well as to replenish rations, fuel and provisions. The ship was commissioned on 3 October 2004 under the command of the

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Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL). About 100 personnel serve on board her. BNS ''Turag'' took part in ''7th International Maritime Defence Exhibition (IMDEX) Asia-2009'' in

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and ''Weapon Multinational Exercise'' in

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in May 2009. She also visited port of Penang,

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in a goodwill visit. On 10 September 2018, fishing trawler ''Swadhin-3'' sank near

Mongla port The Port of Mongla is a link sea port, located at Mongla Upazila, Khulna Division, Bangladesh.It is a sea port of Khulna city which is located near to the north. It is the second largest and second busiest seaport of Bangladesh. Mongla port lie ...

after a collision with a commercial vessel. 12 fishermen were on board the fishing trawler. BNS Turag responded quickly to rescue 9 fishermen alive.

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