CGS Pabna explained

CGS Pabna is a riverine patrol craft of Bangladesh Coast Guard. She is the first ever warship made in Bangladesh.

History

The ship was built at Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited. She was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Pabna on 1 June 1972. This ship was the first ship of Bangladesh Navy. Later on, in 1995, after the emergence of Bangladesh Coast Guard, the ships were transferred to them. In 1995, she was commissioned into the Bangladesh Coast Guard as CGS Pabna.

Design

The ship is 22.9m (75.1feet) in length, 6.1m (20feet) in breadth and 1.9m (06.2feet) in draught. She has a displacement of 75 tons and a complement of 33 personnel. The ship carries one Bofors 40 mm gun of 60 calibers as armament. This patrol craft can be used for coastal patrolling also besides riverine patrolling.^[1]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pabna Class Patrol Boat. . Worldwarships.com . 13 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170515120513/http://www.worldwarships.com/class/pabna . 15 May 2017 . unfit .