Bangladesh Navy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bangladesh Navy has a strength of 24,000 personnel including 1,081 officers[1] (2005 estimate). It is mostly limited to coastal patrolling, but it is paying to have an ULSAN class frigate built in South Korea.
Contents |
[edit] History
The Bangladesh Navy was forged in times of war. In 1971, with West Pakistan imposing a military rule in East Pakistan, the Bangladesh Liberation War was truly underway. Many Bengali sailors and officers in the Pakistan Navy defected to form the Bangladesh Navy. On 9 November 1971, the first naval fleet 'Bangabandhu Naubohar' consisting of six small ships was inaugurated. [2] Initially, there were two ships and 45 navy personnel. These ships tried to carry out raids on the Pakistani fleet but both the ships were mistakenly hit and sunk by Indian fighter planes on December 10 1971, when they were about to launch a major attack on Mongla seaport. According to official figures from Bangladesh, a total of 334 naval freedom fighters were involved with the fledgling navy with 22 becoming martyrs. [3] These sailors aided the Indian troops immensely as well as carrying out their own daring raids on Pakistani troops, mainly Operation Jackpot.
After the Liberation war and Bangladesh became an Independent nation, Bangladesh sought India's assistance to build its Navy. Seaward Defence Boats INS AKSHAY and INS AJAY were transferred to the Bangladesh Navy, which were then renamed BNS PADMA and BNS SURMA respectively. India also transferred three captured Pakistani merchant vessels, ANWAR BAKSH, MADHUMATI and PASNI to Bangladesh as a gesture of goodwill in 1973-74[4].
[edit] Organization/Formation
- Chief of Naval Staff – Rear Admiral M Hassan Ali Khan, (C), ndc, psc, BN
- Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel) – Commodore Bazlur Rahman, (MCD), ndc, psc, BN
- Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Logistics) – Commodore M Imam Hossain, (C), ndc, psc, BN
- Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Material) – Commodore A S M A Baten,(E), psc, BN
- Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) – Commodore M Atiqur Rahman, (G), psc, BN
- Director General Coast Guard – Rear Admiral S. J. Nizam, (C), ndu, psc, BN
- Commodore Commanding Chittagong (COMCHIT) - Commodore M Farooque, (E), psc, BN
- Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN) - Commodore M Nasir, (N), ncc, psc, BN
- Commodore Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL) - Commodore Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan, (C), psc, BN
- Commodore Superintendent Docyard (CSD) - Commodore A Khair, (E),psc, BN
- The Naval Administrative Auithority Dhaka (Admin Dhaka)- Commodore M Emdadul Haque, (S), ndc, psc, BN
Bangladesh Navy (BN) has its HQ at Banani, Dhaka. HQ has 4 branches, Operations (O), Personnel (P), Matrial (M)and Logistics (Log). Each branch is headed by officers who are considered as Principal Staff Officer (PSO)and known as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, eg ACNS(O). Under each PSO there are various Directorates headerd by Directors of Captain Rank. Under each Ditector ther are Deputy Directors (DD) and Staff Officres (SO).
Operations Branch: Directorate of Naval Operations (DNO), Directorate of Naval Plans (DNP), Directorate of Naval Intelligence(DNI), Directorate of Works(D of Wks), Directorate of Naval Signals (D Sig), Directorate of Hydrography (D of Hydro);
Personnel Branch: Directorate of Personnel Services (DPS), Directorate of Medical Services(DMS), Directorate of naval Training(DNT), Directorate of Welfare(D of Wel), Directorate of Naval Education Services (DNES), Directorate of Civilian Personnel(DCP), Directorate of Medical Services(DMS);
Material Branch: Directorate of Naval Engineering(DNE), Directorate of Naval Weapon and Electrical Engineering (DNWEE), Directorate of Naval Armament Inspection and Supply (DNAIS), Directorate of Information Technology (DIT);
Logistics Branch: Directorate of Naval Stroes (DNS), Directorate of Naval Budget (D of Budget), Directorate of Technical Stores(DTS), Directorate of Pay Pension and Accounts(DPP&A);
Bangladesh Navy Ships/Equipment
Frigates
Name Number Class Type
Osman F18 Ex-Chinese Jianghu I 053 HL
Umar Faruq F16 Ex-British Salisbury 61
Abu Bakr F15 Ex-British Leopard 41
Ali Haider F17 Ex-British Leopard 41
Fast Attack Craft (Missile)
Name Number Class Type
Durdasha P 8125 Chinese Huangfen 021
Durdasha P 8126 Chinese Huangfen 021
Durdasha P 8127 Chinese Huangfen 021
Durdasha P 8128 Chinese Huangfen 021
Anirban P 81231 Chinese Huangfen 021
Durbar P 8111 Chinese Hegu 024
Duranta P 8112 Chinese Hegu 024
Durvedya P 8113 Chinese Hegu 024
Durdam P 8114 Chinese Hegu 024
Utpal P 8141 Chinese Hegu 024
Fast Attack Craft (Torpedo)
Name Number Class Type
TB 35 T 8235 Chinese Huchuan 026
TB 36 T 8236 Chinese Huchuan 026
TB 37 T 8237 Chinese Huchuan 026
TB 38 T 8238 Chinese Huchuan 026
TB 1 T8221 Chinese P4 123K
TB 2 T8222 Chinese P4 123K
TB 3 T8223 Chinese P4 123K
TB 4 T8224 Chinese P4 123K
Fast Attack Craft (Patrol)
Name Number Class Type
Nirbhoy P 812 Chinese Hainan Durjoy
Karnaphuli P 314 Ex Yugoslav Kraljenih Karnaphuli
Tista P 315 Ex Yugoslav Kraljenih Karnaphuli
Coastal Patrol Craft
Name Number Class Type
Padma P 312 Ex Indian Akshay
Surma P 313 Ex Indian Akshay
Barkat P 711 Haizhui 062/1
Meghana P 211 Meghana
Jamuna P 212 Meghana
Bishkhali P 311 River
Fast Attack Craft (Gun)
Name Number Class Type
Shaheed Daulat P 411 Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai II 062
Shaheed Farid P 412 Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai II 062
Shahhed Mohibullah P 413 Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai II 062
Shaheed Akhtaruddin P 414 Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai II 062
Tawheed P 611 Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai II 062
Tawfiq P 612 Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai II 062
Tamjeed P 613 Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai II 062
Tanveer P 614 Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai II 062
Riverine Patrol Craft
Name Number Class Type
Pabna P 111 Pabna
Noakhali P 112 Pabna
Patuakhali P 113 Pabna
Rangamati P 114 Pabna
Bogra P 115 Pabna
Training Ship
Name Number Class Type
Shaheed Ruhul Amin A 511 Island
Minesweepers
Name Number Class Type
Shapla M 95 Shapla
Shaikat M 96 Shapla
Surovi M 97 Shapla
Shaibal M 98 Shapla
Sagar M 91 Sagar T 43
Auxiliaries
Name Number Class Type
Khan Jahan Ali A 515 Tanker
Shahayak A 512 Repair ship
Shah Jalal A 512 Tender
Shanket Harbor Tender
Shah Amanat L 900 Landing Craft Logistic
Shah Paran L 901 LCU 1646 LCU
Shah Makdum L 902 LCU 1646 LCU
Darshak A 581 Yuch’in 068/069 LCU/LCP
Tallashi A 582 Yuch'in 068/069 LCU/LCP
[edit] Ranks in the Navy
- Sub-Lieutenant
- Lieutenant
- Lieutenant Commander
- Commander
- Captain
- Commodore
- Rear Admiral
- Vice Admiral
- Admiral
- Admiral of the Fleet
[edit] Future Plans
Bangladesh Navy may introduce four modern submarines, additional guided missile frigates, two maritime patrol aircraft, four missile corvettes, additional offshore patrol vessels, six patrol crafts, more Zodiac inflatable boats from Australia, EW systems, long range surface-to-air missiles, Otomat missiles for all frigates as standard missiles, torpedo countermeasure system for the DW 2000 H frigate, a combat data-link for BNS Osman frigate, anti-submarine helicopters with associated handling deck and equipment, new engine for a warship and the commissioning of a large offshore patrol vessel locally built at the Khulna Shipyard.
