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BANGABANDHU frigate (2001)

Bangabandhu 2005

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
বঙ্গবন্ধু [Bangabandhu], 7.2007- খালিদ বিন ওয়ালিদ [Khalid Bin Walid], 2009- বঙ্গবন্ধু [Bangabandhu] F25   Daewoo, Okpo, South Korea 12.5.1999 29.8.2000 20.6.2001 in service (2020)

 

Displacement standard, t

2170

Displacement full, t

2370

Length, m

103.7

Breadth, m

12.5

Draught, m

3.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 SEMT-Pielstick 12PA6 V280STC diesels

Power, h. p.

22500

Max speed, kts

26

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4000(18)

Armament

2 x 2 Otomat Mk 2 Block IV SSM (4 Otomat Mk 2 Block IV), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 2 x 2 - 40/70 Vespa, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 B515 TT (A244), 1 helicopter (A-109 Power)

Sensors

DA-08, Variant, 2x type 1007, LIROD Mk 2 radars, Mirador e/o system, ASO90 sonar, Cutlass 242, Scorpion ECM suites, 2x SuperBarricade decoy RL, TACTICOS CCS

Complement

196

Project history: DW2000H design, ordered in 1997. Development of Ulsan class.

Modernizations: 2011: + 1 x 8 FM-90 SAM (8 HQ-7A)

Naval service: Bangabandhu was decommissioned in February 2002 for repairs as result of numerous defects in the machinery and combat systems and returned to service only in July 2007.

Bangabandhu 2012

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