CGS Pabna

CGS Pabna is a Pabna-class patrol boat riverine patrol craft of Bangladesh Coast Guard. She is the first ever warship made in Bangladesh.

History
The ship was built at Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited. She was commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Pabna on 1 June 1972. This ship was the first ship of Bangladesh Navy. 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 Pabna.

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 75 tons and a complement of 33 personnel. The ship carries one Bofors 40 mm gun of 60 calibers as armament. This patrol craft can be used for coastal patrolling also besides riverine patrolling.