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BNSUmar Farooq(1976)

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AnotherSalisbury-class frigateHMS Lincoln in 1972
History
Bangladesh
NameBNSUmar Farooq
BuilderHawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down27 August 1953
Launched30 November 1955
Acquired1976
Commissioned10 December 1976
Decommissioned30 December 2015
IdentificationPennant number:F-16
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeSalisbury-classfrigate
Displacement
  • 2,170 tons (standard),
  • 2,408 tons (loaded)
Length103.5 m (340 ft)
Beam12.5 m (41 ft)
Draught4.7 m (15 ft)
Propulsion8 × ASR1 diesels, 12,400shp(9.2 MW), 2 × shafts
Speed24 knots (44 km/h)
Range2,300 nautical miles (4,300 km) at 24 knots (44 km/h); 7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement223 (14 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar System:
    • (Air/Surface Search): Marconi Type 965 with double AKE 2 array
    • Surface Search/Fire Control System: Plessey Type 993
    • Navigation: Kelvin Hughes Type 1007
    • Weapons Control: Type 275
  • Sonar Systems:
    • Type 174 (Hull Mounted)
    • Graseby Type 170B (Hull Mounted)
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • Cutlass 242, Scorpion Jammer;
  • Decoy: 1 × decoy launcher
Armament

BNSUmar Farooqwas aSalisbury-classfrigateof theBangladesh Navy.She was the first frigate to enter service with the Bangladesh Navy. The ship was named after the secondRashidun CaliphUmar.

History

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The ship previously served theRoyal NavyasHMSLlandaff.She served the Royal Navy from 1958 to 1976. On 10 December 1976, she was transferred to the Bangladesh Navy.

Career

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On 10 December 1976, BNSUmar Farooqwas commissioned in the Bangladesh Navy. She was based atChittagong,serving with the Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN). About 200 personnel served aboardUmar Farooq,with most living aboard her.

Umar Farooqpaid a goodwill visit toIndia,PakistanandMaldivesin 1989. The ship participated in the International Fleet Review inSouth Koreain 1998.

On 26 February 2007,Umar Farooqpaid a two-day goodwill visit toKochi PortofIndia.[1]In December 2010, the ship made a three-day visit to the Indian naval base atVisakhapatnam.[2]

In 2014,Malaysia Airlines Flight 370,a777-200ER,disappeared during flight. Due to the possibility of finding the wreckage inBay of Bengal,Umar Farooq,along with the frigateBangabandhu,joined the search operation in this region.[3]

She was decommissioned on 30 December 2015 after serving Bangladesh Navy for around 39 years, with a total service life of 57 years. After brief use as museum ship from December 2015, she was sold for demolition in Bangladesh in 2016.[4][5]She was replaced by a Chinese-builtType 053H3 frigateBNSUmar Farooq(2019)with the same name and pennant number.

Mission

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Umar Farooqwas deployed to support operations off the Bangladeshi coast, such as anti-piracy and anti-smuggling operations, as well as search and rescue deployments.

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Bangladesh Naval Ship calls at Kochi".oneindia.17 March 2007.Retrieved24 May2015.
  2. ^"Bangladesh Navy ship docks in city".Deccan Chronicle.19 December 2010.[dead link]
  3. ^"Bangladesh sends 2 navy ships to verify MH370 wreckage claim".The Daily Star.2 May 2014.Retrieved24 May2015.
  4. ^"BNS Umar Farooq inaugurated as museum ship".Daily Sun.Archived fromthe originalon 4 March 2016.Retrieved13 January2016.
  5. ^"Auction of Bangladesh Navy ship ex-BNS Umar Farooq"(PDF).Dakha: Ministry of Defence. 27 June 2016. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 20 December 2016.Retrieved7 December2016.
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