Dhaka. As part of the contract for the supply of four patrol vessels, Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV), the Coast Guard of Bangladesh (BCG), derived from the modernization and conversion of the Class corvettes “Minerva” abandoned by the Italian Navy, Fincantieri delivered the first two units at the shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia). These are the ships “Minerva” and “Sybil”, renamed “Syed Nazrul” and “Tajuddin,” which had been removed from the national fleet in May 2015 and arrived shortly after the Fincantieri area of Genoa, where they commenced the conversion works, completed at the military arsenal of La Spezia. (9Colonne)
