HMS Lynx (F27)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Lynx and BNS Abu Bakr.
HMS Lynx (F27), was a Leopard-class Type 41 anti aircraft frigate of the Royal Navy, named after the lynx.
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Name | Lynx |
Ordered | 28 June 1951 |
Builder | John Brown & Company |
Laid down | 13 August 1953 |
Launched | 12 January 1955 |
Commissioned | 14 March 1957 |
Identification | Pennant number F 27 |
Fate | Sold to Bangladesh 12 March 1982 |
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Bangladesh | |
Name | BNS Abu Bakr |
Acquired | 12 March 1982 |
Decommissioned | 22 January 2014 |
In service | 1982-2014 |
Fate | Scrapped 2014 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leopard-class frigate |
Length | 101 metres (331 ft) |
Beam | 10.6 metres (35 ft) |
Draught | 3 metres (9.8 ft) |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range | 2,200 miles (3,500 km) at 18 kn |
Complement | 200 (22 officers) |
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She was laid down by John Brown & Company, Clydebank,[Scotland, on 13 August 1953, launched on 12 January 1955, and commissioned on 14 March 1957. On 12 March 1982 she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy and renamed BNS Abu Bakr. She was decommissioned and scrapped in 2014.