BNS Gomati is an offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Navy. She was originally built as a Fishery Protection Vessel for the British Royal Navy, entering service as HMS Anglesey in 1979. She was sold to Bangladesh in 2002, entering service in 2003.
The Island-class was the result in the increase in the United Kingdom's Exclusive economic zone to 200nmi, with a resulting increase in the requirements to patrol fishing grounds and oil fields. After evaluation of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency's fishery protection vessel Jura, built by the shipbuilders Hall, Russell & Company to a trawler-like design, the Royal Navy ordered five ships of the Island-class, based on Juras design in February 1975, with a further two ships, Anglesey and on 21 October 1977.
Anglesey was 59.5m (195.2feet) long overall and 53.6m (175.9feet) at the waterline, with a beam of 11m (36feet) and a draught of 4.2m (13.8feet). Displacement was 1000t normal and 1280t deep load. Two Ruston 12 RK 3 CM diesel engines rated at a total of 4380bhp drove a single propeller shaft, giving a speed of, adequate to deal with the majority of trawlers in service in European waters. Range was 11000nmi at . The earlier ships of the class had suffered from excessive motions in high seas, and so Anglesey was fitted with fin stabiliser during build. Armament consisted of a single Bofors 40 mm gun backed up by two machine guns. The ship had a crew of 5 officers and 29 other ranks, plus a detachment of Royal Marines if necessary.
HMS Anglesey was laid down at Hall Russell's Aberdeen shipyard on 6 February 1978[1] and launched on 18 October 1978. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 1 June 1979. On commissioning she joined the Offshore Division of the Fishery Protection Squadron. On 13–14 August 1979, the Fastnet yacht race was hit by a severe storm, with Anglesey taking part in the resulting rescue operations, saving seven sailors from the yacht Bonaventure II.[2]
In 2002 she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy.
Gomati transferred on 12 September 2003. On 3 October 2004, she was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy.[3] She is currently serving under the command of the Commodore Commanding BN Khulna (COMKHUL).
Gomati took part in Exercise Aman in 2013, a multinational exercise held at Karachi port of Pakistan.[4] She visited the port of Colombo, Sri Lanka from 23 to 26 February[5] and Visakhapatnam Port in India from 17 to 20 March 2013[6] on goodwill missions.