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The Bangladesh Navy (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী) is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for the defence of Bangladesh's 118,813 square kilometres (45,874 sq mi) of maritime territorial area from any external threat, the security of sea ports and exclusive economic zones of Bangladesh. [5]
The Bangladesh Navy currently operates two submarines, five guided missile frigates, two patrol frigates, six guided missile corvettes, minor surface combatants of various type of offshore patrol vessels, coastal patrol boats, missile boats, minesweepers, auxiliaries, amphibious landing craft and rapid response boats.
First guided missile frigate of the Bangladesh Navy. Decommissioned in 2020. [citation needed] Type 61 Salisbury class: Frigate: BNS Umar Farooq (F 16) 2,408: Ex-HMS Llandaff (F61). After brief use as museum ship from December 2015, [1] she was sold for demolition in Bangladesh in 2016. [2] Type 41 Leopard class: Frigate: BNS Abu Bakr (F 15 ...
At that time, the navy was a force equipped with surface ships only. Coming in the new millennium, the Bangladesh Navy started to consider the necessity of being a three-dimensional force equipped with submarines and aircraft. It was the year of 2009 when the first two aircraft were ordered for the navy. The aircraft were two AgustaWestland ...
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BNS Pekua is a new naval base that has been developed for the Bangladesh Navy.This is the first ever full-fledged submarine base of Bangladesh Navy. Built at a cost of $1.21 billion, the base can accommodate a total of six submarines and eight warships at a time.
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.
Ships of the Bangladesh Navy (14 C, 63 P) A. Auxiliary ships of Bangladesh (1 C) C. Corvettes of Bangladesh (1 C) F. Frigates of Bangladesh (1 C) M.