BNS Osman

Career (Bangladesh)
Class and type: Modified Type 053H frigate
Name: Osman
Builder: Hudong Shipyard, Shanghai
Laid down: 1986
Launched: December 1989
Acquired: 1996
Commissioned: November 4, 1996
In service: 1996-Present
Reclassified: 053H1/Jianghu-II (Mod.)
Status: in active service, as of 2015
General characteristics
Displacement:1,702 standard
1,902+ full load
Length:103.2 m
Beam:10.8 m
Propulsion:Two type 12 E 390V diesels; 14,400 hp (m) (10.6MW) sustained
2 shafts
Speed:26+ knots
Range:2,700 mi (4,300 km) at 18 knots
Capacity:150 person
Complement:300 (27 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:		Radar System:
  • Surface: Square Tie (Type 254); I-band
  • Air & Surface: MX 902 Eye Shield (Type 922-1); G-band
  • Navigation: Fin Curve (Type 352); I-band
  • Fire Control: Wok Won director (Type 752A); Square Tie (Type 254), I-band
  • Echo Type 5 (Hull Mounted)
Electronic warfare
and decoys:		Watchdog; Radar warning
Armament:
  • Missiles:
  • Guns:
    • 2x China 3.9 in (100 mm) /56 (twin)
    • 1x Creusot-Loire 3.9 in (100 mm) /55 (Type II)
    • 12x China 37 mm /63 (6 twin)
  • Torpedoes: 6x 324 mm LAS (2 triple) tubes (Type II)
  • 1x Whitehead A 244S
  • 2x RBU 1200 5-tubed fixed launchers
  • D/C: 2 × BMB-2 projectors; 2 ranks
  • Mines: Can carry up to 60
  • Decoys: 2 × loral Hycor SRBOC Mk 36
    6-barreled chaff launcher
Notes:Pennant number: F-18

BNS Osman is a modified Type 053H frigate of the Bangladesh Navy, bought in 1989 from China. She is the first Guided Missile Frigate to enter service with the Bangladesh Navy.[1]

History

The Type 053H1 Frigate BNS Osman was previously known as Xiangtan, which served with People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in South Sea Fleet. It was commissioned in PLAN in 1987. In 1989 the ship was sold to Bangladesh Navy. She is the first guided missile frigate to enter in service with Bangladesh Navy.

Career

BNS Osman is based in Chittagong, serving with the Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN). About 250 personnel serve aboard BNS Osman, with most living on board. She is the first frigate of Bangladesh Navy who test fired C-802A missile in Bay of Bengal On May 12, 2008 which successfully hit the target.[2] The ship has gone through major upgrades which includes replacement of propulsion system, new missile launching platforms and an addition of a combat data link.

BNS Osman was deployed in Lebanon with the UN mission United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from 17 May 2010 to 14 June 2014.[3] She came back to Bangladesh on 11 August 2014. On her way, she visited the Port of Salalah and Port Sultan Qaboos of Oman, Port of Colombo of Sri Lanka and Mumbai and Chennai Port of India on goodwill mission.[4]

On 11 October 2014, BNS Osman was awarded with the National Standard as a recognition of the ship’s outstanding services in the Bangladesh Navy at home and abroad for the past 25 years.[5]

Armament

The ship is armed with advanced C-802A anti-ship missile systems. It also carries naval guns, anti-aircraft guns, torpedoes and anti-submarine weapons. Besides it can lay up to 60 mines.

See also

Frigates

Naval Establishments:

References

  1. ↑ "Jianghu Class Guided Missile Frigate". Retrieved December 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Minnick, Wendell (May 14, 2009). "Bangladesh Navy Tests Chinese Anti-Ship Missile". Defense News (Army Times). Retrieved December 13, 2009.
  3. ↑ http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=139005
  4. ↑ http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Oman/Oman-Bangladesh-discuss-naval-ties-3all
  5. ↑ http://www.banglanews24.com/en/fullnews/bn/100163.html

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