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Fincantieri has delivered last the two of four pattugliatori to Guard Costiera of Bangladesh
draft of unit dismesse from Marina Militare Italiana
October 12, 2017
Today, near the yard of Muggiano (La Spezia), Fincantieri has delivered last to the two pattugliatori in the within of the contract of supply of four Offshore units Patrol Vessels (OPV) to Guard Costiera of Bangladesh (BCG) by-products from the modernization and conversion of the corvettes of the class "Minerva" dismesse from Marina Militare Italiana.
draft of the ships Urania and Danaide, renominated Karamuzzaman and Mansoor Ali, that they were struck off the national fleet in March 2016 and reach little after in the Fincantieri basin of Genoa, where have taken to start the completed intense activities of conversion near the Integrated Yard of Muggiano.
Along with Minerva and Sibilla, renominated Syed Nazrul and Tajuddin and delivered to August 2016, these units will constitute the carrying skeleton of the fleet of Guard Costiera of Bangladesh, with an extension of the advanced operating life to twenty years. The units will be used with purpose of patrolling for the control of the traffics of the Exclusive Economic Zone and the marine borders, with ability also to control of the environmental pollution and recovery and assistance to the civil populations in case of humanitarian emergencies.
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