Bangladesh Navy

[Ideas_R_Bulletproof]

very interesting thing i saw today, Makassar-class landing platform dock has been displaying in Navy's advertisement near old airport cantonment area.

btw, I saw the billboards.... the info you received was wrong.... they only showed Castle-class FSG....

 

[BDforever]

btw, I saw the billboards.... the info you received was wrong.... they only showed Castle-class FSG....

i can bet, that is not castle class

 

[Ideas_R_Bulletproof]

i can bet, that is not castle class

I hope to take a snap next time....

 

[Zarvan]

 

[Ideas_R_Bulletproof]

Bangladesh Coast Guard bought 6 Patrol 101 HSBs from Adriatic Workboats of Croatia..... 3 of those were delivered in 2013 and 3 in the first half of 2014....
here is a video of one of the crafts from the last batch on test drive..... the boats are 10.8 meters long, equipped with two Volvo Penta D6-370 engines and two Hamilton jets..... their top speed is 40 knots....

 

[Bilal9]

Bangladesh Coast Guard bought 6 Patrol 101 HSBs from Adriatic Workboats of Croatia..... 3 of those were delivered in 2013 and 3 in the first half of 2014....
here is a video of one of the crafts from the last batch on test drive..... the boats are 10.8 meters long, equipped with two Volvo Penta D6-370 engines and two Hamilton jets..... their top speed is 40 knots....

Bangladesh Coast Guard bought 6 Patrol 101 HSBs from Adriatic Workboats of Croatia..... 3 of those were delivered in 2013 and 3 in the first half of 2014....
here is a video of one of the crafts from the last batch on test drive..... the boats are 10.8 meters long, equipped with two Volvo Penta D6-370 engines and two Hamilton jets..... their top speed is 40 knots....

I think these can be manufactured locally as well. But obviously the Croatian workboats are much higher quality and probably not as expensive as anything purchased from the United States.

I wonder how these compare to the US Coast Guard RIB boats. Would they be able to self-right themselves after turning upside down?

 

[Ideas_R_Bulletproof]

I think these can be manufactured locally as well. But obviously the Croatian workboats are much higher quality and probably not as expensive as anything purchased from the United States.

I wonder how these compare to the US Coast Guard RIB boats. Would they be able to self-right themselves after turning upside down?

so far the Coast Guard stuck with local shipyards only for Harbour Patrol Boats (HPB)s, but turned to foreign shipyards for the others..... DEW Narayanganj is currently building two 18m HPBs..... eight Tornado boats (HSB large) were sourced from Vietnam.... tender has been called for 10 more.... 9 Metal Shark ambulance boats and 5 Defender boats were donated by the US.... but there are around 80 other boats (Dolfin-class or HSB-small and other boats) that were sourced from other places (still looking for their sources)...... some rigid-hull inflatable boats are also there with the BCG..... Chittagong Post Authority (CPA) also sourced an 18m SAR boat from Safehaven Marine, Ireland at a cost of BDT 24 crore.....

and any idea how many RIB-33 SC were sourced for the Navy?

 

[Bilal9]

so far the Coast Guard stuck with local shipyards only for Harbour Patrol Boats (HPB)s, but turned to foreign shipyards for the others..... DEW Narayanganj is currently building two 18m HPBs..... eight Tornado boats (HSB large) were sourced from Vietnam.... tender has been called for 10 more.... 9 Metal Shark ambulance boats and 5 Defender boats were donated by the US.... but there are around 80 other boats (Dolfin-class or HSB-small and other boats) that were sourced from other places (still looking for their sources)...... some rigid-hull inflatable boats are also there with the BCG..... Chittagong Post Authority (CPA) also sourced an 18m SAR boat from Safehaven Marine, Ireland at a cost of BDT 24 crore.....

and any idea how many RIB-33 SC were sourced for the Navy?

The last we heard that there were six in service in 2005. These craft are so small and cost so little that many more may have been bought since - who knows? But these are amazingly fast with 70 knots as top speed. Probably the fastest thing of this size on water. Great for quick insertion of commandos in a guerrilla situation. The type won the Italian, European and World Champion Endurance of this Class back in 2002.

Dimensions

• Loa: 10.27 m (~ 33.69 ft)

• Beam: 2.80 m (~ 9.19 ft)

• Draft: 0.80 m (~ 2.62 ft)

• Weight: 4,800 kg (~ 10,584 lbs)

On Board General Equipment:

bilge pump
windscreen
alu-frame with radar Raymarine
4 Tecno Single Seats
anchor with rope and chain in separate compartment
hand railing
safety handle
steering wheel
integrated bathing ladder
cover for transportation

On Board Technical Equipment
batteries
stainless steel fuel tank
build-in-tank
stainless steel fresh water tank
ballast tank system
twin throttles control
Yanmar engines control panels with keys, alarms, rpm meter, water temperature and oil pressure gauge
steering compass
quick stop
trim tabs indicator
voltmeter
2 chartplotter (gps) Lowrance and Raymarine
speaker system
VHF Raymarine


Construction

• Kevlar Sandwich Hull And Deck

Propulsion

• Twin Yanmar 323 kW (440 HP) Diesel Inboard (Year 2002)

• Fuel Capacity: 420 l

• Trimax Surface Drive

• Gearbox: 110 IVR TS (2 Speed)

• Speed : 70 Kn

 

[Ideas_R_Bulletproof]

The last we heard that there were six in service in 2005. These craft are so small and cost so little that many more may have been bought since - who knows? But these are amazingly fast with 70 knots as top speed. Probably the fastest thing of this size on water. Great for quick insertion of commandos in a guerrilla situation. The type won the Italian, European and World Champion Endurance of this Class back in 2002.

Dimensions

• Loa: 10.27 m (~ 33.69 ft)

• Beam: 2.80 m (~ 9.19 ft)

• Draft: 0.80 m (~ 2.62 ft)

• Weight: 4,800 kg (~ 10,584 lbs)

On Board General Equipment:

bilge pump
windscreen
alu-frame with radar Raymarine
4 Tecno Single Seats
anchor with rope and chain in separate compartment
hand railing
safety handle
steering wheel
integrated bathing ladder
cover for transportation

On Board Technical Equipment
batteries
stainless steel fuel tank
build-in-tank
stainless steel fresh water tank
ballast tank system
twin throttles control
Yanmar engines control panels with keys, alarms, rpm meter, water temperature and oil pressure gauge
steering compass
quick stop
trim tabs indicator
voltmeter
2 chartplotter (gps) Lowrance and Raymarine
speaker system
VHF Raymarine


Construction

• Kevlar Sandwich Hull And Deck

Propulsion

• Twin Yanmar 323 kW (440 HP) Diesel Inboard (Year 2002)

• Fuel Capacity: 420 l

• Trimax Surface Drive

• Gearbox: 110 IVR TS (2 Speed)

• Speed : 70 Kn

well, I'm not sure whether the RIB-33 SC can make 70kt.... FBDesign's website doesn't have a specific entry for the 'SC' version, which is made for special ops.... the RIB-33 Italian “Guardia di Finanza” version with its four-seat configuration is 'each one powered by two 300 hp VM diesels to give a speed of 53 knots'.... the SC version has MG mounts in front and an enclosed cabin.... so, its supposed to be heavier.... and in any case, 70kt on water may be a bit too much for a lot of needs.....

these are being used in Africa as we know..... but their numbers had always been elusive..... they're probably not as cheap as rigid hull inflatables though....

 

[Bilal9]

T

well, I'm not sure whether the RIB-33 SC can make 70kt.... FBDesign's website doesn't have a specific entry for the 'SC' version, which is made for special ops.... the RIB-33 Italian “Guardia di Finanza” version with its four-seat configuration is 'each one powered by two 300 hp VM diesels to give a speed of 53 knots'.... the SC version has MG mounts in front and an enclosed cabin.... so, its supposed to be heavier.... and in any case, 70kt on water may be a bit too much for a lot of needs.....

these are being used in Africa as we know..... but their numbers had always been elusive..... they're probably not as cheap as rigid hull inflatables though....

The website quotes a 5 year 'pre-used' example at ECU 100,000 or thereabouts...new ones will be more expensive.

 

[Ideas_R_Bulletproof]

T


The website quotes a 5 year 'pre-used' example at ECU 100,000 or thereabouts...new ones will be more expensive.

anyway, the BCG boats are mostly being sourced from local shipyards, though I haven't yet found out exactly which boats were sourced from which shipyard.... BCG people said that they sourced the 20 Dolphin-class boats from local shipyards.... other open-topped boats are probably sourced from local shipyards too.... but I haven't yet found good leads to local shipyards building speedboats, though there are a couple of usual suspects....

recent photos show that vessels which look more like harbour patrol launches (bigger than Tornado-class) are currently operating with the BN as well as the BCG (same design).... but I haven't seen any report anywhere regarding their acquisition.....

 

[Bilal9]

Found the page for CTG port SAR craft made by safehaven marine in Ireland. IMHO this could easily have been made locally and wouldn't have cost 24 crore. We should make these boats locally with aluminium, Western Marine and DEW have built far larger marine craft with aluminium. However if the Port trust paid for it then what the hey...their money, their choice.

CHITTAGONG

Smaller RIB boats are perfect for launching from medium sized Coastguard vessels and can have own armament. Lots of riverine patrol craft also have RIB launching capability. I think future Bangladeshi designs should have slanted gangways in the back to launch ribs while on the move. See how the USCG sentinel class has the RIB ready for launch (middle section rear).

The USCG Sentinel class is built on the DAMEN Stan Patrol 4708, a high speed coast guard patrol design built for South Africa and Australia. Details in a PDF here,

http://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/newsroom/pdf/sentinelmediabrief.pdf

Here is the Australian version however its RIBs are launched sideways with folding knuckle cranes which are not as flexible and require more time to launch.

Some images of tornado boats

and ORC boats used by the Royal Marines in IRAQ and ME in general showing heavy machine guns

 

[Ideas_R_Bulletproof]

Found the page for CTG port SAR craft made by safehaven marine in Ireland. IMHO this could easily have been made locally and wouldn't have cost 24 crore. We should make these boats locally with aluminium, Western Marine and DEW have built far larger marine craft with aluminium. However if the Port trust paid for it then what the hey...their money, their choice.

actually this is the Safehaven Marine 18m boat that CPA bought.... and 18m aluminium boat is the largest aluminium boat made by DEW (HPB currently building for Coast Guard)..... but those are not that fast and probably also don't have such extreme sea-keeping capability.... anyway, the main specialty is in the design rather than just building them.... not sure whether it was possible in this deal to buy the design only....

and the Tornado boat that the BCG are using are these..... they are designated HSB (Large)..... 8 of these were imported from Vietnam in 2011..... a tender for a further 10 HSB (Large) has been called.... these are pretty uncomplicated boats.... the next ones are likely to be home-built....

 

[Bilal9]

Two of the image links on post #1722 above aren't working, They're images of the new USCG sentinel class showing RIB launching arrangement and are re-posted below. Click to enlarge. The Sentinel class design (i.e. Damen Stan Patrol 4000 sereis) is now ripe for being 're-produced' withour license in China and we should make an effort ourselves to produce some locally for our coast guard. The RIBs (with aluminum hulls for durability) should also be produced locally because this is the latest flexible design instead of the sorry-looking fibreglass speedboat designs we have right now.

 

[Ideas_R_Bulletproof]

Two of the image links on post #1722 above aren't working, They're images of the new USCG sentinel class showing RIB launching arrangement and are re-posted below. Click to enlarge. The Sentinel class design (i.e. Damen Stan Patrol 4000 sereis) is now ripe for being 're-produced' withour license in China and we should make an effort ourselves to produce some locally for our coast guard. The RIBs (with aluminum hulls for durability) should also be produced locally because this is the latest flexible design instead of the sorry-looking fibreglass speedboat designs we have right now.

BCG has been suffering from budget crisis from the start.... yet, from manpower vs. success point of view, its the most efficient organisation in Bangladesh.... BCG isn't going to get a big patrol boat any time soon, it seems..... for now, they are more likely to get smaller HSBs and aluminium-hull HPBs.... the DEW-made boats are all aluminium-hull boats (one 15m and one 18m made already and two 18m under construction)....