Her sister ship BNS Ali Haider
History
Bangladesh
NameBNS Abu Bakr
BuilderJohn Brown and Company
Laid down13 August 1953
Launched12 January 1955
Acquired12 March 1982
Decommissioned22 January 2014
In service1982-2014
IdentificationPennant number F 15
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeLeopard-class frigate
Length101 metres (331 ft)
Beam10.6 metres (35 ft)
Draught3 metres (9.8 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × type 12 E 390V diesels; 14,400 hp (m) (10.6MW) sustained
  • 2 shafts
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range2,200 miles (3,500 km) at 18 kts
Complement200 (22 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar System:
    • Surface/Air search: Type 960
    • Air search: Type 965 AKE-1
    • Type 993 target indication radar
    • Height finder: Type 277Q
    • Navigation: Type 974
    • Fire control: Type 285 on director Mark 6M
  • Sonar system:
    • Type 174 search sonar
    • Type 164 attack sonar
Armament

BNS Abu Bakr was a Leopard-class Type 41 anti aircraft frigate of Bangladesh Navy. She served Bangladesh Navy from 1982 to 2014. The ship was named after the first Rashidun Caliph Abu Bakr.

History

BNS Abu Bakr previously served 7th Frigate Squadron of the Royal Navy as HMS Lynx. The frigate was laid down by John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland, on 13 August 1953, launched on 12 January 1955. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 14 March 1957. On 12 March 1982, she was transferred to the Bangladesh Navy.[1]

Career

BNS Abu Bakr joined the Bangladesh Navy fleet on 12 March 1982. She served under Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN). About 200 personnel served aboard Abu Bakr, with most living aboard her.[2]

In November 2008, BNS Abu Bakr  along with BNS Nirbhoy and BNS Madhumati intercepted Myanmar Navy ships at a disputed region of Bay of Bengal where they were supporting an exploration of oil and gas fields.[3]

After serving the Bangladesh Navy for about 32 years and a total of 57 years of service life, the ship was decommissioned on 22 January 2014,[1][4] and eventually scrapped. She was replaced by a Chinese Type 053H2 frigate BNS Abu Bakr (2014) with the same name and pennant number.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "History of the Bangladesh Navy". Join Bangladesh Navy. Bangladesh Navy. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Hasanuzzaman Talukdar Shemul (11 May 2009). "In war and Peace Invincible at Sea: Bangladesh Navy". ModernGhana. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Myanmar brings warships to explore Bangladesh waters". The Daily Star. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "BNS Abu Bakar, BNS Ali Haider de-commissioned". Dhaka Tribune. 22 January 2014. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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