MY Steve Irwin before being renamed and painted black.
Class overview
Builders:	Hall, Russell & Company
Operators:	Royal Navy (retired) Bangladesh Navy (active) Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (retired) Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (active)
In commission:	1976–2004
Completed:	7
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,000 tons (standard) 1,280 tons (full load)
Length:	195 ft (59 m) (overall)
Beam:	36 ft (11 m)
Draft:	14 ft (4.3 m)
Propulsion:	1 shafts, 2 diesel, 4,380 hp (Rushton Paxman) Variable pitch propellers.
Speed:	16 knots (30 km/h)
Range:	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) at 11 knots (20 km/h)
Complement:	35
Sensors and processing systems:	Type 1006 Radar Simrad RU sidescan sonar
Armament:	1 × Bofors 40 mm gun Mark III, replaced by 1 × 30mm gun in some ships

Disposal

Presently, five Island-class patrol vessels are in active service with the Bangladesh Navy. They are BNS Karatoa (ex-HMS Alderney (P984)), BNS Kapatakhaya (ex-HMS Shetland (P973)), BNS Turag (ex-HMS Lindisfarne (P975)), BNS Gomati (ex-HMS Anglesey (P983)) and BNS Sangu (ex-HMS Guernsey (P974)). Another ex-RN Island-class vessel, HMS Jersey (P295), is used as training ship, BNS Ruhul Amin.