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Patrol & mine warfare vessels1976–PresentProfile in progress
Offshore patrol vessel
Island-class patrol vessel is a offshore patrol vessel. It was built by Hall, Russell & Company. Reported operators include Bangladesh Navy Royal Navy (retired) Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (retired) Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (retired) Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (retired).
Technical data
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Hall, Russell & Company
Bangladesh Navy Royal Navy (retired) Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (retired) Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (retired) Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (retired)
Castle class
1976–Present
7 (excluding FPV JURA and FPV WESTRA)
5 (Bangladesh Navy)
1
Offshore patrol vessel
1,000 tons (standard) 1,280 tons (full load)
195 ft (59 m) (overall)
36 ft (11 m)
14 ft (4.3 m)
1 shaft, 2 Ruston-Paxman diesel, 4,380 hp (3,270 kW) variable-pitch propeller
16 knots (30 km/h)
11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h)
35
Surface Search and navigation:Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 radar Simrad RU sidescan sonar
1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 Mark III gun, replaced by 1 × 30mm gun in some ships
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Island-class patrol vessel equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
BangladeshNavy exact named Kapatakhaya (ex-UK Island) equipment holdings under PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS, PCO. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. This is the named service only, not a national or parent-force total, factory production, ordered future units or combat-readiness measure. Weapons per vessel, crews, payloads and capacity counts are excluded. The exact Royal Navy-origin Island class is bound by the PDF exUK label and the own article explicitly naming Bangladesh Kapatakhaya/exShetland in its current five-ship class. The retired Royal Navy holdings, USCoastGuard Island class and different modern2013 Island boats are excluded.
Bangladesh Navy Royal Navy (retired) Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (retired) Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (retired) Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (retired)
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