CGS Mansoor Ali
| History | |
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| Name: | CGS Mansoor Ali |
| Builder: | Fincantieri |
| Laid down: | 4 April 1985 |
| Launched: | 21 June 1986 |
| Acquired: | 12 October 2017 |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | Under sea trial |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Leader Class |
| Displacement: | 1,285 tonnes |
| Length: | 87 m (285 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.5 m (34 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.2 m (10 ft) |
| Depth: | 5.5 m (18 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range: | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 120 personnel including 7 officers |
| Armament: | 1 x Oerlikon KBA 25mm gun |
CGS Mansoor Ali is a Leader Class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.
History
The ship was laid down on 4 April 1985 at Fincantieri and launched at 21 June 1986. She was commissioned to the Italian Navy as an ASW corvette named Urania (F 552) at 1 June 1987. On 10 March 2016, she was decommissioned from the Italian Navy and sold to the Bangladesh Coast Guard. The ship has gone through extensive refit at Fincantieri where it was converted to an offshore patrol vessel. All sensors and armaments were removed from the ship and replaced by the Bangladesh Coast Guard requirements.
Career
The ship was handed over to the Bangladesh Coast Guard on 12 October 2017.[1] She reached the port of Mongla on 21 December 2017.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ (in French) Une nouvelle vie pour deux anciennes corvettes italiennes, un exemple à suivre
- ↑ "2 patrol vessels join Coast Guard fleet". The Daily Star. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
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