Sister ship BNS Sangu
History
Bangladesh
Name	BNS Gomati
Builder	Hall, Russell & Company, Aberdeen
Yard number	983
Laid down	6 February 1978
Launched	18 October 1978
Acquired	12 September 2003
Commissioned	3 October 2004
Homeport	Khulna
Identification	Pennant number: P 914
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Island-class patrol vessel
Displacement	1,260 tons (full load)
Length	59.5 m (195 ft)
Beam	11 m (36 ft)
Draught	4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion	2 × Ruston 12RKC diesels; 5,640 hp (4,210 kW) sustained; 1 × shaft; cp prop
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	39
Sensors and processing systems	Navigation: Kelvin Hughes Type 1006; I-band Combat Data Systems: Racal CANE DEA-1 action data automation
Armament	Guns: 1 × Bofors 40 mm/60 Mk 3 2 × FN 7.62 mm MGs Countermeasures ESM: Orange Crop; intercept

BNS Gomati is an Island-class 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 200 nautical miles (370 km), 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 Jura's design in February 1975, with a further two ships, Anglesey and Alderney on 21 October 1977.^[1][2]

Anglesey was 59.5 metres (195 ft) long overall and 53.6 metres (176 ft) at the waterline, with a beam of 11.0 metres (36.1 ft) and a draught of 4.2 metres (14 ft). Displacement was 1,000 tonnes (980 long tons) normal and 1,280 tonnes (1,260 long tons) deep load.^[3] Two Ruston 12 RK 3 CM diesel engines rated at a total of 4,380 brake horsepower (3,270 kW) drove a single propeller shaft, giving a speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph),^[2] adequate to deal with the majority of trawlers in service in European waters.^[4] Range was 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).^[2] The earlier ships of the class had suffered from excessive motions in high seas,^[4] and so Anglesey was fitted with fin stabiliser during build.^[3][2] Armament consisted of a single Bofors 40 mm gun backed up by two machine guns.^[3] The ship had a crew of 5 officers and 29 other ranks, plus a detachment of Royal Marines if necessary.^[2]

HMS Anglesey was laid down at Hall Russell's Aberdeen shipyard on 6 February 1978^{[5][verification needed]} and launched on 18 October 1978.^[3] She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 1 June 1979.^[2] 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.^[6]

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.^[7] 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.^[8] She visited the port of Colombo, Sri Lanka from 23 to 26 February^[9] and Visakhapatnam Port in India from 17 to 20 March 2013^[10] on goodwill missions.

• List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy

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• Image as HMS Anglesey