HMS Dumbarton Castle (P265)

	HMS Dumbarton Castle entering Portsmouth Harbour prior to decommissioning
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Dumbarton Castle
Ordered	8 August 1980
Builder	Hall, Russell & Company
Laid down	25 June 1980
Launched	3 June 1981
Commissioned	12 March 1982
Decommissioned	2008
Identification	Pennant number: P265; IMO number: 7920015;
Fate	Sold to Bangladesh; currently in service with the Bangladesh Navy as BNS Bijoy
Notes	Refitted by A&P Group Tyne facility in 2010
General characteristics
Class and type	Castle-class patrol vessel
Displacement	1,350 long tons (1,372 t) standard,; 1,550 long tons (1,575 t) full load;
Length	81.0 m (265 ft 9 in) overall,; 75.0 m (246 ft 1 in);
Beam	11.5 m (37 ft 9 in)
Draught	3.42 m (11 ft 3 in)
Ice class	1A
Installed power	5,640 bhp (4,210 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Ruston 12RK 320DM , 2 shafts
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	19,000 nmi (35,000 km; 22,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2× Avon Searaider dinghies
Complement	45 (+ accommodation for 25 Royal Marines)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 navigation radar; Plessey Type 994 air/sea search radar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	UAN(1) radar warning,; DLE rocket decay system;
Armament	Oerlikon / BMARC 30 mm L/75 KCB gun on single Laurence Scott DS-30B mount; 4 × L7 General Purpose Machine Guns; 1 x H/PJ-26 76 mm main gun (in Bangladesh service); 4 × C-704 ASHM (in Bangladesh service); 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm auto cannons (in Bangladesh service);
Aircraft carried	Flight deck can support up to Westland Sea King-size helicopter

HMS Dumbarton Castle (P265) was an offshore patrol vessel of the British Royal Navy. Her main role was the protection of the offshore assets of the United Kingdom, including oil and gas installations and fisheries out to the 200-nautical-mile (370 km; 230 mi) limit.

She spent much of her time deployed in the South Atlantic as guard ship, patrolling around the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, alternating with her sister ship HMS Leeds Castle. Her long association with the Falkland Islands resulted in the ship's company being given permission to add her name to the roll of honour written in white rocks on the hillside opposite Stanley in 2007.

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