CGS Noakhali

History
Bangladesh Coast Guard
Name	CGS Noakhali
Builder	Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited
Commissioned	1995
Identification	Pennant number: P 112
Status	Active
Bangladesh Navy
Name	BNS Noakhali
Commissioned	1 July 1972
Decommissioned	1995
Identification	Pennant number: P 112
Fate	Transferred to Bangladesh Coast Guard
General characteristics
Class & type	Pabna-class patrol boat
Displacement	69 tons
Length	22.9 m (75 ft 2 in)
Beam	6.1 ft (6 ft 1 in)
Draught	1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2 Cummins diesel engine 2 shafts
Complement	33 personnel
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm gun

CGS Noakhali is a Pabna-class riverine patrol craft of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.

History

The ship was built at Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited, which is a state-owned ship construction and repair yard managed by the Bangladesh Navy. She was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Noakhali on 1 July 1972. After the emergence of Bangladesh Coast Guard, the ship was transferred to them and commissioned into the coast guard as CGS Noakhali.

Design

The ship is 22.9 metres (75 ft 2 in) in length, 6.1 metres (20 ft 0 in) in breadth and 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in) in draught. She has a displacement of 69 tons and a complement of 33 personnel. The ship carries one Bofors 40 mm gun of 60 calibres as armament. This patrol craft can be used for coastal as well as riverine patrolling.

See also

• List of ships of the Bangladesh Coast Guard
• List of historic ships of the Bangladesh Navy