Bangladesh Navy's Ships (Commissioned & Decommissioned) (Part-I)

The Bangladesh Navy currently operates eighty nine surface ships, including two guided missile frigates, two patrol frigates, one training frigate, six Corvettes, sixty minor surface combatants of various types (including patrol vessels, missile boats, and minehunters), and twenty four auxiliaries. In addition, six shore establishments are maintained.

Below, here, is overall list:

Submarines (On negotiation):

Type 035G Submarine>

Chinese Ming Class Submarines

Displacement (Tons): 1400-2300

Note: Bangladesh finalised an ageement with Chinese govt. for transfer of two Type 035G (Romeo/Ming-class) submarines in Dec 2013.

Surface fleet:

Frigates>

1. BNS Bangabandhu (Ulsan(Mod) Class)-Guided Missile Frigate

Displacement (Tons): 2370

Note: Ex-BNS Khalid Bin Walid. Decommissioned in 2002 and reduced to the reserve until 2007. Recommissioned on 13 July 2007. Changed to current name in 2009. Heavily modified Ulsan class frigate with ASW helicopter on board.

2. BNS Osman (053H1 (Jianghu-II) Class)-Guided Missile Frigate

Displacement (Tons): 1,702

Note: Ex-PLAN Xiangtan, sold to Bangladesh in 1989. The ship has undergone heavy modification and has been armed with guided Anti-ship, Anti-air, Anti-Submarine systems and mine laying equipment.

3.  BNS Somudro Joy (Hamilton-Class Frigate) - Guided Missile Frigate

Displacement (Tons): 3300

Note: Ex-USCGC Jarvis, transferred to Bangladesh Navy as a "gift" on 22 May 2013 by US Navy. The ship will be armed with modern C-802A anti-ship-missiles, FM-90N SAM and torpedoes with helicopter on board.

4 & 5: BNS Abu Bakar & BNS Umar Farooq (Type 41 Leopard class) - Frigate

Displacement (Tons): 2520

Note:  Ex-HMS Lynx and Ex-HMS Llandaff. To be replaced with two Type 053H2 Jianghu-III Class Guided Missile Frigates, Huangshi and Wuhu, after decommissioning.