Rajshahi - Town Class Patrol Craft
PNS RAJSHAHI, commissioned on 8 March 1966, is the last survivor in Pakistan of a class of four built by Brooke Marine in 1965. The patrol boat still serves the Pakistan navy for cadet-training and other routine activities. The RAJSHAHI is the surviving unit of four patrol craft built in the United Kingdom specifically for Pakistan. The ships, featuring a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, were named after former East Pakistani towns. Three sister ships, JESSORE (P-141), COMILLA (P-142) and SYLHET (P-143), were sunk by Indian air strikes on 04 December 1971, during the Indo-Pakistani War. One of the three, JESSORE, was salvaged by the Bangladesh Navy and is currently in service there as the BISHKHALI.
Specifications |
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| Propulsion Power | 2 MTU 12V 538 Diesels (3,400 hp (m) (2.5MW))
2 shafts |
| Speed | 12 Knots |
| Length | 107 ft |
| Beam | 20 ft |
| Draft | 6.9 ft |
| Displacement | 115 tons
143 tons full load |
| Complement | 19 (2 officers) |
| Guns | 2 40/60mm
2 12.7mm |
| Radar | Surface search SPS-66 |
Ships |
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| Name | No | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Notes |
| Rajshahi | P140 | 1964 | 1965 | __ | |
| JESSORE | P-141 | 1964 | 1965 | sunk 1971 | |
| COMILLA | P-142 | 1964 | 1965 | sunk 1971 | |
| SYLHET | P-143 | 1964 | 1965 | sunk 1971 | |
