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"ISLAND" offshore patrol vessels (JERSEY) (1976 - 1979)


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Lindisfarne 1980 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Jersey P295 971 Hall Russell, Aberdeen 1975 18.3.1976 15.10.1976 to Bangladesh 1.1994 (শহীদ রুহুল আমিন [Shaheed Ruhul Amin])
Guernsey P297 974 Hall Russell, Aberdeen 14.5.1976 17.2.1977 28.10.1977 to Bangladesh 1.2004 (তুরাগ [Turag])
Shetland P298 973 Hall Russell, Aberdeen 1975 22.11.1976 14.7.1977 to Bangladesh 10.2002 (কপাতাখায় [Kapatakhaya])
Orkney P299 972 Hall Russell, Aberdeen 1975 29.6.1976 25.2.1977 to Trinidad and Tobago 10.2000 (Nelson)
Lindisfarne P300 975 Hall Russell, Aberdeen 1976 1.6.1977 26.1.1978 to Bangladesh 1.2004 (সাঙ্গু [Sangu])
Anglesey P277 983 Hall Russell, Aberdeen 6.2.1978 18.10.1978 1.6.1979 to Bangladesh 7.2003 (গোমতী [Gomati])
Alderney P278 984 Hall Russell, Aberdeen 11.6.1978 27.2.1979 6.10.1979 to Bangladesh 7.2002 (করাটা [Karatoa])


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

998

Displacement full, t1280
Length, m

52.0 pp 61.1 oa

Breadth, m

11.0

Draught, m

4.27

No of shafts

1

Machinery

2 Ruston 12-RK 3 CM diesels

Power, h. p.

5640

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 310

Endurance, nm(kts)11000(12)
Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

type 1006 radar, SU 'Sidescan' sonar, UAN(1) Orange Crop ECM suite, DEA-1 CCS

Complement

35



Standard scale images


<i>Alderney </i>2000
Alderney 2000
<i>Jersey </i>1980
Jersey 1980


Graphics


<i>Lindisfarne </i>1980 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Lindisfarne 1980 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

To patrol fishing grounds and oilfields in the new 200-mile EEZ, the RN ordered five modified trawler-type vessels in February 1975. They were based on the Scottish Department of Fisheries' Westra and Jura, giving time for studies for a more capable design. Although much criticised for their low speed and weak armament they proved so successful that two more were ordered in October 1977, equipped with stabilisers but otherwise identical. The philosophy was quite simple: sea-keeping and endurance were the most important attributes, and weaponry was almost irrelevant. They were fitted to replenish at sea from naval oilers and had a sophisticated computer-aided navigation system (CANE).

Modernizations

early 1990s, Orkney, Anglesey, Alderney: + 1 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01

mid-1990s, all: - 1 x 1 - 40/60; + 1 x 1 - 30/75 DES-30B

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.