Bangladesh to Procure Former Italian Navy Minerva class Corvettes for its Coast Guard

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Bangladesh to Procure Former Italian Navy Minerva class Corvettes for its Coast Guard
 
According to BSS, the national news agency of Bangladesh, the local government will procure four ex-Italian Navy Minerva class vessels for Bangladesh Coast Guard to gear up its activities in the coastal areas. The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) today gave nod to the procurement proposal of the vessels.
     
According to BSS, the national news agency of Bangladesh, the local government will procure four ex-Italian Navy Minerva class vessels for Bangladesh Coast Guard to gear up its activities in the coastal areas. The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) today gave nod to the procurement proposal of the vessels.
Minerva class corvette of the Italian Navy. Picture: Javier Bueno Iturbe
     
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith chaired the meeting held at the cabinet division.

"The vessels will be procured from the Italian Navy under government-to-government level agreement," Mustafizur Rahman, Joint Secretary of Cabinet Division, told reporters after the meeting.

Minerva class corvettes were built in two series of four units in the 1980s and 1990s by Italian shipyard Fincantieri.