BNS Abu Bakar

This article is about the current vessel. For the 1957-built frigate, see BNS Abu Bakar (1982-2014).
Career (Bangladesh)
Class and type: Modified Type 053H2 frigate
Name: Abu Bakar
Builder: Hudong Shipyard, Shanghai
Launched: 28 December 1985
Acquired: December, 2013
Commissioned: 1 March 2014
In service: 2014 - Present
Status: in active service, as of 2015
General characteristics
Displacement:1,700 tons (empty)
2000+ tons (full)
Length:339 feet (103 m)
Beam:37 feet (11 m)
Draft:10.5 feet (3.2 m)
Propulsion:2 × 12E390VA,880 kW (7,885 hp) at 480 rpm
2 shafts
Speed:26.5  knots
Range:2,700 mi (4,300 km) at 18 knots
Complement:300 (27 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Sonar:
    • SJD-5 medium-frequency sonar
    • SJC-1B reconnaissance sonar
    • SJX-4 communications sonar
  • CTC-1629 combat data system (or Chinese copy ZKJ-3A)
  • Radar System:
    • Surface: Type 354 Radar (Eye Shield) 2D , I-band
    • Air Type 517H-1 (Knife Rest) 2D long-range , A-band
    • Navigation: 2 × Racal RM-1290, I-band
    • Fire Control: *Type 352 Radar (Square Tie) surface search fire-control, I-band
    • Type 343 (Wasp Head) fire control radar, G/H-band
    • 2 × Type 341 fire control radar for dual 37 mm AA gun
    • Echo Type 5 (Hull Mounted)
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
  • Data link: HN-900 (Chinese equivalent of Link 11A/B, to be upgraded)
  • Communication: SNTI-240 SATCOM
  • RWD-8 (Jug Pair) intercept EW suite:
    • Type 9230I radar warning receiver
    • Type 651A IFF
Armament:
  • Guns:
    • 2 x Type 79A dual-100 mm gun
    • 4 x Type 76 dual-37 mm AA guns
  • Torpedoes: 6x 324 mm LAS (2 triple) tubes (Type II)
  • 1x Whitehead A 244S
  • D/C: **2 x DC racks
    • 4 x Type 64 DC projectors
  • Decoys: 2 x Mk-36RBOC 6-barrel decoy rocket launchers
Notes:Pennant number: F-15

BNS Abu Bakar is a modified Type 053H2 frigate of the Bangladesh Navy, bought in 2014 from China.

History

The Type 053H2 Frigate BNS Abu Bakar was previously known as Huangshi, which served with People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in East Sea Fleet. She was commissioned in PLAN in 1986. In 2013 the ship was sold to Bangladesh Navy.

Career

BNS Abu Bakar was commissioned to Bangladesh Navy on 1 March 2014.[1] She is currently based at Chittagong under Commodore Commanding BN Flotila.

On April 21–25, 2014, she took part in 14th Western Pacific Naval Symposium and International Fleet Review-2014 in Qingdao, Shandong Provience of China. During the tour, the ship visited the ports of Klang of Malaysia, Hong Kong, Sanya of China and Phuket of Thailand in a goodwill mission.[2]

On 12 March 2015, the ship left for Malaysia to take part in Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA)-2015. On her way back home, she will visit the port of Yangon, Myanmar on goodwill mission. She is expected to come back home on 31 March, 2015.[3]

Armament

The ship is armed with advanced C-802A anti-ship missiles with a range of 180KM. It also carries naval guns, anti-aircraft guns, torpedoes and anti-submarine weapons. Recently ECM and ESSM systems are installed on the ship.

See also

Frigates

References

  1. ↑ http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/03/01/2-modern-warships-commissioned
  2. ↑ http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=409521&date=2014-05-13
  3. ↑ http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/mar/12/bns-abu-bakar-leaves-port-city-lima-2015-malaysia