SYED NAZRUL (PL-71)

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SYED NAZRUL (PL-71)

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Apr 22, 2019 8:19 pm

The Bangladesh Post issued on 24 October 2018 one stamp with Coast Guard Patrol vessel SYED NAZRUL for the “Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting, Dhaka, Bangladesh”.
Built as a corvette under yard NO 923 by yard Fincantieri Riva Trigoso (La Spezia) for the Italian Navy.
11 March 1985 laid down.
03 April 1986 launched as the MINERVA (F-551).
Displacement 1,029 ton light, 1,285 ton full load, dim. 86.6 x 10.5 x 5.5m, draught 3.2m.
Powered: Two Diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste GMT BM-230.20 DVM outputting 11.000 hp (8.203 kW), 4 x diesel engine generators Isotta Fraschini ID-36-SS-12V, 2.600 kW (3.487 hp), with Ansaldo MXR 400 M6Z electric generators, 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),
Armament:. 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm/62 Compatto. 1 x Sea Sparrow or Selenia Aspide in an 8-cell launcher, 2 × triple 324 mm TLS ASW torpedoes, 4 heavy machine guns.
Complement: 120 personnel including 7 officers.
10 June 1987 commissioned.

The Minerva class is a series of corvettes of the Italian Navy. They were built in two batches of four units during the 1980s and 1990s. The ships have fairly good speed and armament, including a 76 mm general-purpose gun, but, due to their emphasis on anti-submarine warfare, they lack anti-ship missile capabilities. These units are designed to operate in coastal areas. Their main missions include sea policing, patrol, fisheries protection, and naval commando training.
14 May 2015 Decommissioned.

Sold to Bangladesh Coast Guard Serving as CGS SYED NAZRUL (PL71) since 3 August 2016 .Ships in this class CGS TAJUDDIN (PL 72), CGS MANSOOR ALI (PL 73) and CGS KAMARUZZAMAN (PL 74).
Then 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.
CGS SYED NAZRUL is a Leader Class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Coast Guard. She is serving the Bangladesh Coast Guard since 2017.

Career
SYED NAZRUL was handed over to the Bangladesh Coast Guard on 5 August 2016. She left Italy for Bangladesh on 3 September 2016 and reached Chittagong, Bangladesh on 2 November 2016. She was commissioned to the Bangladesh Coast Guard on 12 January 2017.

SYED NAZRUL participated in Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA)-2019, held between 26 and 30 March. She left Chattogram to take part in the event on 18 March 2019. During the tour, she will also visit the Port Blair of India and Phuket port of Thailand on goodwill mission.

Status: In active service in 2019.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGS_Syed_Nazrul
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_s ... oast_Guard
Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minerva-class_corvette
Bangladesh-2018 10 sg?, scott 898.
Attachments
SYED NAZRUL PL71.jpg
2018 syed nazrul 2.jpg

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