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History
HMS Roebuck at HMNB Devonport Navy Days, 26 August 2006
Bangladesh
Name	BNS Anushondhan
Launched	14 November 1985
Sponsored by	Lady Cassels, wife of Admiral Cassels, last CO of destroyer HMS Roebuck.
Commissioned	June 1, 2010
Decommissioned	15 April 2010
Homeport	Chittagong
Status	In service
General characteristics
Displacement	1,477 tonnes
Length	64 metres
Beam	13 metres
Height	4 metres
Propulsion	4 × Mirrlees Blackstone ES8 supercharged diesel engines, driving twin Controllable Pitch Propellers via two gearboxes
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	52
Armament	list error: <br /> list (help) 20 mm BMARC gun Miniguns GPMGs

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Roebuck.

HMS Roebuck (H130) was a coastal survey vessel of the Royal Navy (RN). She was commissioned in 1986, and was the last traditional survey ship to join the fleet. Although nominally used for surveying along the United Kingdom continental shelf, with the downsizing of the survey fleet, Roebuck was enhanced to enable her to operate overseas. She was fitted with a full suite of hydrographic sensors, and a Survey Motor Boat for inshore work. In addition, as with the other vessels of the survey squadron, she could also operate as a support ship for mine warfare vessels. Roebuck was due to be decommissioned in 2003 following the entry into service of the Echo class. However, the decision was then taken to keep the ship in service until 2014, though this was later revised in December 2009 to a 2010 decommissioning. It has been declared that the ship has been sold to the Bangladesh Navy for £5 million.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). She was decommissioned at HMNB Devonport on 15 April 2010. She was handed over to the Bangladesh Navy on 28 May 2010.

On 28 May 2010 Bangladesh Navy recieves the ship.The ship was commissioned on June 1 2010. The ship was named as Bns Anushondhan.It was the first research and hygrography ship of Bangladesh Navy.

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