BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin (1994)

BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin was an Island-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Navy used as a training ship. She was built and served as a Royal Navy Island-class patrol vessel HMS Jersey (P295) from 1977 to 1993.

For other ships with the same name, see BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin and HMS Jersey.

Sister ship Sangu in September 2012
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Jersey
NamesakeJersey, Channel Islands
BuilderHall, Russell & Company
Yard number971[1]
Laid down1975
Launched18 March 1976
Sponsored byAnne, Princess Royal
CommissionedJanuary 1977
Decommissioned1993
IdentificationPennant number: P295
FateSold to Bangladesh, 1993
Bangladesh
NameBNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin
AcquiredDecember 1993
Commissioned29 January 1994
Decommissioned16 June 2020
In service1994–2020
IdentificationPennant number: A511
Nickname(s)BNS SR
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class and typeIsland-class patrol vessel
Displacement1,260 tons (full load)
Length59.5 m (195 ft)
Beam11 m (36 ft)
Draught4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion2 × Ruston 12RKC diesels; 5,640 hp (4,210 kW) sustained; 1 × shaft; cp prop
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h)
Range7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement39
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Surface Search and Navigation: Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 radar; 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 machine guns
  • Countermeasures
    • ESM: Orange Crop; intercept

History

British service

HMS Jersey was built at Aberdeen, being launched in 1976 by Princess Anne and subsequently commissioned into the Royal Navy later that year. She was the first ship of the class to be commissioned; six more followed her.

As part of the Fishery Protection Squadron, along with her sister ships, Jersey patrolled the waters around the UK (sometimes also Gibraltar) providing protection for Britain's fishing grounds, as well as providing oil and gas platform protection. In 1993 she became involved in the Cherbourg incident, when Jersey captured the French trawler La Calypso in the Channel Islands waters on 2 April 1993.

She was decommissioned in 1993. All of the Island class were decommissioned by January 2004, being replaced by the modern River-class patrol vessels.

Bangladeshi service

The Bangladeshis purchased the ship as a training craft in 1993. She was commissioned in the Bangladesh Navy under the name Shaheed Ruhul Amin,[2] in honour of naval hero Mohammad Ruhul Amin,[3] on 29 January 1994. She was based at Chittagong. Ultimately all but one of her sister ships were transferred to Bangladesh as patrol craft.[2] On 16 June 2020, she was decommissioned from the Bangladesh Navy.

See also

References
  1. "HMS Jersey". Aberdeen Built Ships. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  2. Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2014). Jane's Fighting Ships 2014-2015. Coulsdon, UK: IHS Jane's. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7106-3101-5.
  3. "Bir Shrestha Ruhul Amin's death anniv today". New Age. 10 December 2014.

Bibliography
  • Richardson, Ian (February 2022). "Island Class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV)". Marine News Supplement: Warships. 76 (2): S118–S124. ISSN 0966-6958.
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