CGS Kamaruzzaman

For other ships with the same name, see Italian corvette Danaide.

CGS Kamaruzzaman is a Leader-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Coast Guard. She is serving the Bangladesh Coast Guard since 2020.

History
Name	CGS Kamaruzzaman
Builder	Fincantieri
Laid down	26 June 1985
Launched	18 October 1986
Acquired	12 October 2017
Commissioned	15 November 2020[1]
Identification	Pennant number: PL 74 MMSI number: 405000221 Callsign: S3GG
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & type	Leader-class offshore patrol vessel
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	2 × shaft 2 × diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste GMT BM-230.20 DVM outputting 11.000 hp (8.203 kW) 4 × 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)
Complement	120 personnel including 7 officers
Armament	1 x Oerlikon KBA 25mm gun Heavy machine guns Water cannon

History

The ship was laid down on 26 June 1985 at Fincantieri and launched on 18 October 1986. She was commissioned to the Italian Navy as an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette named Danaide (F 553) on 9 September 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 the vessel was converted to an offshore patrol vessel. All sensors and armaments were removed from the ship and replaced by those that met Bangladesh Coast Guard requirements.

Career

The ship was handed over to the Bangladesh Coast Guard on 12 October 2017.^[2] She reached the port of Mongla on 21 December 2017.^[3] She was commissioned to the Bangladesh Coast Guard on 15 November 2020.^[1]

See also

• List of ships of the Bangladesh Coast Guard