PREMIUM: Bangladesh commissions five new ships
The Bangladesh Navy continues its modernisation, commissioning five ships into its fleet.
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
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