Guided missile frigate BNS Bangabandhu (F-25)

Guided missile frigate BNS Bangabandhu (F-25) 2

Classification

Ship class:

Ulsan-class frigate

Type:

Frigate

Basic information

Renaming:

BNS Khalid Bin Walid (2001-2007);
BNS Bangabandhu (2009-present);

Operator:

Bangladesh Navy

Country of build:

South Korea

Builder:

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME)

Laid down:

12 May 1999

Launched:

29 August 2000

Commissioned (service):

20 June 2001

Decommissioned (out):

13 February 2002

Status:

Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:

2,500 t

Length:

103.7 m

Beam:

12.5 m

Draft:

3.8 m

Machine

Propulsion system:

CODAD

Propulsion:

4 * SEMT-Pielstick 12V PA6V280 STC diesels
22,501 hp (16.779 MW) sustained
2 * shafts

Speed:

25 knots

Range:

4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km)

Personnel

Complement:

186

Combat assets

Electronics:

DA08 (SPQ-501/RAWS03) E/F band (S-band) air search radar
Kelvin Hughes 1007 I-band navigation radar
LIROD Mk 2 K-band TWT fire control radar
VARIANT surface search radar
MIRADOR optical surveillance and tracking system
Type 345 fire control radar (for FM-90)
ASO-90/ DSQS-21 Mod Sonar
Link Y Mk2 communication
ESM:Racal Cutlass 242; intercept
ECM:Racal Scorpion 2; jammer
Decoy: 2 * 15-tube SLQ-261 torpedo acoustic countermeasures
2 * Super Barricade chaff launchers

Armament:

2 * 4 Otomat Mk 2 Block IV AShM;
1 * 8 FM-90N SAM;
1 * Otobreda 76 mm/62 Super Rapid;
2 * DARDO 40 mm dual barreled CIWS;
6 (2 triple) * 324 mm B-515 torpedo tubes for Whitehead A244S

Aircraft:

1 * AgustaWestland AW109 SAR Helicopter

BNS Bangabandhu (F-25) is a guided missile frigate of the Bangladesh Navy, and is one of the most modern currently in service. 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.

This vessel has the Otomat Mk 2 Block IV anti-ship missiles on board the vessel which has a range of 180 kilometres (110 mi).

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