CGS Noakhali

CGS Noakhali is a Pabna-class patrol boat riverine patrol craft of the Bangladesh Coast Guard.

History
The ship was built at Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited. She was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Noakhali on 1 July 1972. Later on, in 1995, after the emergence of Bangladesh Coast Guard, the ships were transferred to them. In 1995, she was commissioned into the Bangladesh Coast Guard as CGS Noakhali.

Design
The ship is 22.9 m in length, 6.1 m in breadth and 1.9 m in draught. She has a displacement of 69 tons and a complement of 33 personnel. The ship carries one Bofors 40 mm gun of 60 calibres as armament. This patrol craft can be used for coastal patrolling also besides riverine patrolling.