Island-class patrol vessel
BNS Sangu operating in the Bay of Bengal, in 2011
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Hall, Russell & Company |
Operators |
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Succeeded by | Castle class |
In commission | 1976–Present |
Completed | 7 (excluding FPV JURA and FPV WESTRA) |
Active | 5 (Bangladesh Navy) |
Preserved | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Offshore patrol vessel |
Displacement |
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Length | 195 ft (59 m) (overall) |
Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Propulsion | 1 shaft, 2 Ruston-Paxman diesel, 4,380 hp (3,270 kW) variable-pitch propeller |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Range | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h) |
Complement | 35 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament | 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 Mark III gun, replaced by 1 × 30mm gun in some ships |
The Island-class patrol vessel was first designed and built for the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency. As a result of the Royal Navy's experiences in the Cod Wars with Iceland, FPV Jura (loaned to the Navy as HMS Jura) and FPV Westra were put in fishery protection patrols, the Navy built a further seven. These ships were designed and built by Hall Russell of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Fishery protection cruisers
FPV Jura and
The success of Jura encouraged the Royal Navy to build a further seven ships to the same design; these ships formed the bulk of the
Ships in class
Name | Pennant number | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Status |
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Jura class OPVs (2) | ||||||
FPV Jura | P296 (HMS Jura) | Hall, Russell & Company | 1973 | It was the design basis for the 7 Island class OPVs. Jura was sold in 1988 to Marrs of Hull and renamed Criscilla, and then sold to Marr Vessel Management Ltd renamed again as N'Madi. According to one source the ship sold to Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauretania in 1992. She was broken up in Portugal in November 2001.[2] | ||
FPV Westra | Hall, Russell & Company | 1974 | 1975 | Sister ship of FPV Jura. Sold to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and renamed MY Steve Irwin. | ||
Island-class OPVs (7) | ||||||
HMS Anglesey | P277 | Hall, Russell & Company | Sold to the Bangladesh Navy and renamed BNS Gomati. | |||
HMS Alderney | P278 | Hall, Russell & Company | Sold to the Bangladesh Navy and renamed BNS Karotoa. | |||
HMS Jersey | P295 | Hall, Russell & Company | Sold to the Bangladesh Navy and renamed BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin. | |||
HMS Guernsey | P297 | Hall, Russell & Company | Sold to the Bangladesh Navy and renamed BNS Sangu. | |||
HMS Shetland | P298 | Hall, Russell & Company | Sold to the Bangladesh Navy and renamed BNS Kapotaksha. | |||
HMS Orkney | P299 | Hall, Russell & Company | Sold to Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard and renamed TTS Nelson. | |||
HMS Lindisfarne | P300 | Hall, Russell & Company | Sold to the Bangladesh Navy and renamed BNS Turag. |
Disposal
The Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency Westra was sold to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 2006 and renamed MY Steve Irwin. Jura was sold in 1988 and renamed Criscilla, and then N'Madi. She was broken up in Portugal in November 2001.[3]
References
Footnotes
- ^ "Scottish Fishery Protection Cruisers". Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- ^ Aberdeen City Council. "Aberdeen Ships". aberdeenships.com. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "7314840". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
Bibliography
- Richardson, Ian (February 2022). "Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV)". Marine News Supplement: Warships. 76 (2): S118–S124. ISSN 0966-6958.