BNS Umar Farooq (1976)
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BNS Umar Farooq was a Salisbury-class frigate of the Bangladesh Navy. She was the first frigate to enter service with the Bangladesh Navy. The ship was named after the second Rashidun Caliph Umar.
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Another Salisbury-class frigate HMS Lincoln in 1972 | |
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Name | BNS Umar Farooq |
Builder | Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
Laid down | 27 August 1953 |
Launched | 30 November 1955 |
Acquired | 1976 |
Commissioned | 10 December 1976 |
Decommissioned | 30 December 2015 |
Identification | Pennant number: F-16 |
Fate | Scrapped |
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Class and type | Salisbury-class frigate |
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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 (9.2 MW), 2 × shafts |
Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
Range | 2,300 nautical miles (4,300 km) at 24 knots (44 km/h); 7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Complement | 223 (14 officers) |
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