title: CGS Sobuj Bangla
text: # CGS Sobuj Bangla
  
  CGS Sobuj Bangla is the lead vessel of the Sobuj Bangla-class inshore patrol vessels of the Bangladesh Coast Guard. She is serving the Bangladesh Coast Guard since 2020.
  
  ## Career
  
  The ship was laid down on 21 April 2015. She was launched on 1 December 2016. She was handed over to the Bangladesh Coast Guard on 1 August 2018. She was commissioned to the Bangladesh Coast Guard on 15 November 2020.
  
  ## Design
  
  The ship is 51.4 metres (169 ft) long, 7 metres (23 ft) wide and has a 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in) draught with a displacement of 297 tonnes. The patrol craft is powered by two German DEUTZ diesel engines which can produce 2,240 kW (3,000 hp) driving two shafts for a top speed of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph). She has a complement of 45 and a maximum range of 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi). She can carry out operations in sea state four and can sustain up to sea state six.
  
  ## Armament
  
  The ship is armed with two Oerlikon KBA 25 mm guns and two 14.5 mm guns.
  
  