BNS ''Shaheed Ruhul Amin'' was an
offshore patrol vessel
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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 imp ...
used as a
training ship
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. She was built and served as a
Royal Navy
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Island-class patrol vessel HMS ''Jersey'' (P295) from 1977 to 1993.
History
British service
was built at
Aberdeen
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, being
launched in 1976 by
Princess Anne
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and subsequently
commissioned into the Royal Navy later that year. She was the first ship of the class to be commissioned; six more followed her.
As part of the
Fishery Protection Squadron
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, along with her
sister ship
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s, ''Jersey'' patrolled the waters around the UK (sometimes also
Gibraltar
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) providing protection for Britain's fishing grounds, as well as providing oil and gas platform protection.
In 1993 she became involved in the
Cherbourg incident, when ''Jersey'' captured the French trawler ''La Calypso'' in the
Channel Islands
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waters on 2 April 1993.
She was
decommissioned in 1993. All of the Island class were decommissioned by January 2004, being replaced by the modern s.
Bangladeshi service
The Bangladeshis purchased the ship as a training craft in 1993. She was commissioned in the Bangladesh Navy under the name ''Shaheed Ruhul Amin'',
in honour of naval hero
Mohammad Ruhul Amin
Mohammad Ruhul Amin ( bn, মোহাম্মদ রুহুল আমিন; 1935–1971), was an engine room artificer in the Bangladesh Navy who was posthumously awarded the Bangladesh's highest bravery award, Bir Sreshtho, for his service ...
,
on 29 January 1994. She was based at
Chittagong
Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...
. Ultimately all but one of her sister ships were transferred to Bangladesh as patrol craft.
On 16 June 2020, she was decommissioned from the Bangladesh Navy.
See also
*
List of historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy
This is a list of all historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy that are decommissioned or damaged from 1971.
Bangladesh vessels use the prefix "BNS", standing for "Bangladesh Navy Ship".
Frigates
Offshore patrol vessels
Fast attack craft
Ri ...
References
Bibliography
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Shaheed Ruhul Amin
Ships of the Fishery Protection Squadron of the United Kingdom
1976 ships
Ships built by Hall, Russell & Company