CGS Tajuddin

History
Bangladesh
NameTajuddin
BuilderFincantieri
Laid down16 October 1989
Launched15 September 1990
Acquired5 August 2016
Commissioned12 January 2017
Identification
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Class & typeLeader-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement1,285 tonnes
Length87 m (285 ft 5 in)
Beam10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Draught3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Depth5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 × shaft
  • 2 × Grandi Motori Trieste GMT BM-230.20 DVM diesel engines outputting 11,000 hp (8,200 kW)
  • 4 × Diesel generators Isotta Fraschini ID-36-SS-12V, 2,600 kW (3,500 hp), with Ansaldo MXR 400 M6Z electric generators
Speed25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement120 personnel including 7 officers
Armament

CGS Tajuddin is a Leader-class offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Coast Guard. Built in Italy in 1990 as a Minerva-class corvette, Sibilla (F 558). She was purchased from the Italian Navy in 2015 and has been serving the Bangladesh Coast Guard since 2016.