Bangladesh Navy

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Bangladesh Navy ensign
Bangladesh Navy ensign

The Bangladesh Navy has a strength of 28,000 personnel including about 1,200 officers[1] (2005 estimate). It is mostly limited to coastal patrolling, but it has already procured an ULSAN class frigate built in South Korea.

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[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 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 sailers were involved with the fledgling navy with 22 being killed. [3] These sailors aided the Indian troops immensely as well as carrying out their own daring raids on Pakistani troops, mainly Operation Jackpot.

[edit] Organization/Formation

  • Chief of Naval Staff – Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam, (C), ndu, psc, BN
  • Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel) – Commodore M Farid Habib, (ND), 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 Khair Chowdhury, (E),ndc,psc, BN
  • Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) – Rear Admiral M Mostafizur Rahman, (TAS)(CD), ndu,psc, BN
  • Director General Coast Guard – Commodore M Kader, (C), ndc, afwc, psc, BN
  • Commodore Commanding Chittagong (COMCHIT) - Commodore M Nasir, (N), ncc, psc, BN
  • Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN) - Commodore Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan, (C), psc, BN
  • Commodore Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL) - Commodore M M Razib,(G),ndc, afwc,psc, BN
  • Commodore Superintendent Docyard (CSD) - Commodore M M Jasimuddin Bhuiyan, (L), psc, BN
  • The Naval Administrative Auithority Dhaka (Admin Dhaka)- Commodore K T Zaman,(C),ndc, psc ,BN

Bangladesh Navy (BN) has its HQ at Banani, Dhaka. HQ has 4 branches, Operations (O), Personnel (P), Material (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 headed by Directors of Captain Rank. Under each Director there are Deputy Directors (DD) and Staff Officers (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);

[edit] List of Chiefs of Naval Staff

  • Captain Nurul Haq
  • Commodore Musharraf Hussain Khan
  • Rear Admiral Musharraf Hussain Khan
  • Rear Admiral Mahbub Ali khan
  • Rear Admiral Sultan Ahmed
  • Rear Admiral Amir Ahmed Mustafa
  • Commodore Muhammad Mohaiminul Islam (3rd May 1991 - 3rd June 1991)
  • Rear Admiral Muhammad Mohaiminul Islam (4th June 1991 - 3rd June 1995)
  • Rear Admiral Mohammad Nurul Islam (4th June 1995 - 3rd June 1999)
  • Rear Admiral Abu Taher (4th June 1999 - 3rd June 2002)
  • Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba (4th June 2002 - 9th January 2005)
  • Rear Admiral M Hasan Ali Khan (10th January 2005 - 9th february 2007)
  • Rear Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam (10 February 2007 - 22 May 2007)
  • Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam (23 May 2007 - Present)

[edit] Bangladesh Navy Ships/Equipment

[edit] Frigates

Name Pennant Number Class Type
Khalid Bin Walid F25 ULSAN DW 2000 H
Osman F18 Ex-ChineseType 053H1 I 053 HL
Umar Faruq F16 Ex-British Salisbury 61
Abu Bakr F15 Ex-British Leopard 41
Ali Haider F17 Ex-British Leopard 41

[edit] 'Offshore Patrol Vessel" EX RN Island class patrol vessels

BNS KAPATHAKHAYA

BNS TURAG

BNS KAROTOA

BNS GOMATI

BNS SANGU

BNS S R AMIN

[edit] Fast Attack Craft (Missile)

!Name Number Class Type
Durdasha-1 P 8125 Chinese Type 021 Huangfeng (Soviet Osa-I) class missile boat 21
Durdasha-2 P 8126 Chinese Type 021 Huangfeng (Soviet Osa-I) class missile boat 21
Durdasha-3 P 8127 Chinese Type 021 Huangfeng (Soviet Osa-I) class missile boat 21
Durdasha-4 P 8128 Chinese Type 021 Huangfeng (Soviet Osa-I) class missile boat 21
Anirban P 81231 Chinese Type 021 Huangfeng (Soviet Osa-I) class missile boat 21
Durbar P 8111 Chinese Heku/Hegu/Houku/Hougu (Type 024) class missile boat 24
Duranta P 8112 Chinese Heku/Hegu/Houku/Hougu (Type 024) class missile boat 24
Durvedya P 8113 Chinese Heku/Hegu/Houku/Hougu (Type 024) class missile boat 24
Durdam P 8114 Chinese Heku/Hegu/Houku/Hougu (Type 024) class missile boat 24
Utpal P 8141 Chinese Heku/Hegu/Houku/Hougu (Type 024) class missile boat 24

[edit] Fast Attack Craft (Torpedo)

!Name Number Class Type
TB 35 T 8235 Chinese Huchuan (Type 025) class Torpedo Hydrofoil 26
TB 36 T 8236 Chinese Huchuan (Type 025) class Torpedo Hydrofoil 26
TB 37 T 8237 Chinese Huchuan (Type 025) class Torpedo Hydrofoil 26
TB 38 T 8238 Chinese Huchuan (Type 025) class Torpedo Hydrofoil 26
TB 1 T8221 Chinese P 4 class torpedo boat 123K
TB 2 T8222 Chinese P 4 class torpedo boat 123K
TB 3 T8223 Chinese P 4 class torpedo boat 123K
TB 4 T8224 Chinese P 4 class torpedo boat 123K
unkn unkn Augosta Submarines (Mini sub) Pakistan/China

[edit] Fast Attack Craft (Patrol)

!Name Number Class Type
Nirbhoy P 812 Chinese Hainan (Type 037) class submarine chaser Durjoy
Karnaphuli P 314 Ex Yugoslav Kraljenih Karnaphuli
Tista P 315 Ex Yugoslav Kraljenih Karnaphuli

[edit] Coastal Patrol Craft

!Name Number Class Type
Padma P 312 Ex Indian Akshay
Surma P 313 Ex Indian Akshay
Barkat P 711 Haizhui (Type 062-I) class submarine chaser 062/1
Meghana P 211 Meghana
Jamuna P 212 Meghana
Bishkhali P 311 River

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Training Ship

!Name Number Class Type
Shaheed Ruhul Amin A 511 Island

[edit] Minesweepers

Name Number Class Type
Shapla M 95 Shapla Ex-British River (HMS Waveney)
Shaikat M 96 Shapla Ex-British River (HMS Carron)
Surovi M 97 Shapla Ex-British River (HMS Dovey)
Shaibal M 98 Shapla Ex-British River (HMS Helford)
Sagar M 91 Sagar T 43

[edit] 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 L CU/LCP
Tallashi A 582 Yuch'in 068/069 LCU/LCP

[edit] Ranks in the Navy

  1. Acting Sub-Lieutenant
  2. Sub-Lieutenant
  3. Lieutenant
  4. Lieutenant Commander
  5. Commander
  6. Captain
  7. Commodore
  8. Rear Admiral
  9. Vice Admiral
  10. Admiral
  11. Fleet Admiral


[edit] External links

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