The Bangladesh Navy (BN) commissioned five naval vessels at Issa Khan Naval Base in Chittagong on 5 November. Three of them were Chinese-built warships – two Type 053H3 guided-missile frigates and a C13B guided-missile corvette – while the remaining two were locally built survey vessels.
The two 112m-long, 2,400t Type 053H3 frigates – BNS Umar Farooq (F16) and Abu Ubaidah (F19) – are ex-People’s Liberation Army Navy hulls that were formally transferred to the BN last December.
Meanwhile, the 90m-long, 1,330t C13B corvette Prottasha (F114) is a new-build hull that was adopted by the BN in March 2019, along with