BNS Umar Farooq
| Career (Bangladesh) |  |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Salisbury-class frigate |
| Name: | BNS Umar Farooq |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
| Laid down: | 27 August 1953 |
| Launched: | 30 November 1955 |
| Acquired: | 1976 |
| Commissioned: | 10 December 1976 |
| Homeport: | Chittagong |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,170 tons(standard), 2,408 tons (loaded) |
| Length: | 103.5 m (340 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.5 m (41 ft) |
| Draught: | 4.7 m (15 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 8 × ASR1 diesels, 12,400 shp (9.2MW) , 2 × shafts |
| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,300 at 24 kt;7,500 at 16 knots |
| Complement: | 223 (14 officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare and decoys: | Cutlass 242, Scorpion Jammer; Decoy: 1 × decoy launcher |
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| Notes: | Pennant Number: F-16 |
BNS Umar Farooq is a Salisbury class frigate of Bangladesh Navy. She is the first frigate to join in Bangladesh Navy service.
History
The ship previously served Royal Navy as HMS Llandaff. She served Royal Navy from 1958 to 1976. In 10 December 1976, she was transferred to Bangladesh Navy.
Career
On 10 December 1976, BNS Umar Farooq was commissioned in Bangladesh Navy. She was the first ever frigate to enter into the Bangladesh Navy service. She is currently based at Chittagong, serving with the Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN). About 200 personnel serve aboard Umar Farooq, with most living aboard her.
BNS Umar Farooq paid a goodwill visit to India, Pakistan and Maldives in the year 1989.
The ship participated in International Fleet Review in South Korea in 1998.
On February 26 2007, BNS Umar Farooq payed a two days goodwill visit to Kochi Port of India.[1]
In December 2010, the ship made a three day visit to the Indian naval base at Visakhapatnam.[2]
In 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a 777-200ER disappeared during a flight. Due to possibility of finding the wreckage in Bay of Bengal, BNS Umar Farooq, along with BNS Bangabandhu, joined the search operation in this region.[3]
Mission
She is deployed to support operations off the Bangladeshi coast, such as anti-piracy and anti-smuggling operations, as well as search and rescue deployments. The ship is very useful in any search operation as it carries the Radar with longest range among Bangladesh Navy ships.
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