BNS Bangabandhu explained

BNS Bangabandhu (Bengali: বানৌজা বঙ্গবন্ধু) is a guided-missile frigate of the Bangladesh Navy. She is currently based at Chattogram, serving with the Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN). She is currently the only frigate of the Bangladesh Navy armed with ASW torpedo and gun based CIWS.

Armament

This vessel has the Otomat Mk 2 Block IV anti-ship missiles on board the vessel which has a range of 180km (110miles).[1]

In April 2018, Bangladesh Navy issued a tender for replacing the two 40 mm Fast Forty guns on board the ship with a new 40 mm twin-barrel gun system.[2]

Career

Bangabandhu was named after Bangladesh's founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is popularly called Bangabandhu (Friend of Bengal).[3] The ship was ordered in March 1998. She was laid down on 12 May 1999 at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Republic of Korea. She was launched on 29 August 2000, and commissioned on 20 June 2001.[4]

In 2007 she was recommissioned again under a new name, as BNS Khalid Bin Walid. Later on in 2009 she was renamed BNS Bangabandhu.

The ship participated in Exercise Ferocious Falcon, a multinational crisis management exercise, held at Doha, Qatar in November 2012. While transiting to the exercise, the frigate visited the port of Kochi, India.[5] The ship took part in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training(CARAT), an annual bilateral exercise with United States Navy, from 2011 to 2015.[6]

On 29 August 2013, the ship received the National Standard.[7]

In 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a 777-200ER, went missing while in flight. Due to the possibility of finding the wreckage in the Bay of Bengal, Bangabandhu, along with the frigate, joined the search operation in the region.[8]

On 31 May 2016, she started for Colombo, Sri Lanka with 150 tonnes of relief for the victims of the floods and landslides caused by Cyclone Roanu. The relief included drugs, water purifying machines, pure drinking water, tents, food items and generators. She also joined the rescue efforts there.[9]

The ship left for Qatar on 22 February 2018 to take part in 6th Doha International Maritime Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX-2018) to be held from 12 to 14 March 2018. She paid goodwill visits to Mumbai port, in India, from 2 to 5 March 2018 and to Colombo port in Sri Lanka from 22 to 25 March 2018.[10] On 29 March 2018, she returned to her homeport, Chattogram.[11]

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Notes and References

  1. News: OTOMAT MK2 BLOCK IV - MBDA . MBDA . 2021-03-02 . en-US.
  2. Web site: Tender Specification Replacement of 2 X 40 L 70 Naval Gun - BNS Bangabandhu . DGDP . 2 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180403112442/http://dgdp.gov.bd/dgdp/AP_TEN/s_doc/2241.pdf . 3 April 2018 . dead.
  3. News: Rozario . Rock Ronald . 18 March 2021 . Bangladesh still far from achieving founding father's dreams . 2021-03-19 . Union of Catholic Asian News . Opinion . en.
  4. Book: Saunders . Stephen . 2014 . Jane's Fighting Ships 2014-2015 . IHS Jane's . Coulsdon, UK . 52 . 978-0-7106-3101-5.
  5. News: BNS Bangabandhu berths at Kochi . The Hindu . 5 November 2012 . 24 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140518224831/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/bns-bangabandhu-berths-at-kochi/article4066686.ece . 18 May 2014 . live.
  6. News: US-Bangla jt exercise begins today . The Independent . Dhaka . 30 September 2015 . 30 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001075733/http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/17385 . 1 October 2015 . live.
  7. News: PM confers National Standard to BNS Bangabandhu . NewsWorld365.com . 29 August 2013 . 25 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001183849/http://newsworld365.com/2013/08/29/pm-confers-national-standard-to-bns-bangabandhu/ . 1 October 2015 . live.
  8. News: Bangladesh sends 2 navy ships to verify MH370 wreckage claim . The Daily Star . 2 May 2014 . 24 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150504155928/http://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-sends-2-navy-ships-to-verify-mh370-wreckage-claim-22435 . 4 May 2015 . live.
  9. Web site: Bangladesh Navy's ship starts for Sri Lanka with more aid for flood victims . bdnews24.com . 31 May 2016 . 1 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160701003459/http://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/bangladesh/1160532 . 1 July 2016 . live.
  10. Web site: BNS Bangabandhu sails for Doha . The Bangladesh Post . 22 February 2018 . 22 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180223051257/http://www.thebangladeshpost.com/national/22031/pdf . 23 February 2018 . dead.
  11. Web site: https://www.ispr.gov.bd/কাতারে-অনুষ্ঠিত-আন্তর্জা/ . bn:কাতারে অনুষ্ঠিত আন্তর্জাতিক সমুদ্র মহড়া ও প্রদর্শনীতে অংশগ্রহণ শেষে দেশে ফিরেছে নৌবাহিনী যুদ্ধজাহাজ ‘বঙ্গবন্ধু’ . ISPR . 29 March 2018 . 21 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180808091652/http://www.ispr.gov.bd/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE/ . 8 August 2018 . live.

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