Bangladesh is Rebuilding its Navy

[eastwatch]

Bangladesh Rebuilds Its Navy

Bangladesh has bought seven 250 ton patrol boats from China. Two will be built in China, and five in Bangladesh. The 30 meter (93 foot) vessels are part of a two year old effort to rebuild the Bangladeshi Navy. The biggest problem Bangladesh has along its coasts is smuggling. Currently, the Bangladesh Navy consists of five frigates and about fifty (mostly elderly) patrol boats.

Replacing the aging patrol boats with newer models is a major priority. China will be the source of most future acquisitions (to include three missile frigates, three large patrol vessels, 12 small patrol boats, two landing craft, four fast attack craft and possibly 2-3 submarines).

Last year, the U.S. Coast Guard donated 16 Defender-class patrol boats. These nine meter (26.5 foot) boats are powered by twin outboard engines, have a top speed of 85 kilometers an hour (and cruise at 65 kilometers an hour). The Defenders carry a crew of four, are armed with two machine-guns and can carry six passengers (or prisoners).

They are excellent for patrolling the many river delta waterways on the Bangladeshi coast. The newly created Bangladesh Special Operations Force has adopted the Defender as their primary seaborne transport.

Bangladesh has also bought two Castle class patrol boats from Britain, for $2 million each. These 75 meter (246 foot), 1,400 ton ships are armed with a 30mm autocannon and four machine guns.

Neighboring Myanmar is the source of opium smuggling, some which is often carried out by Islamic radical groups, to provide cash for terrorist operations.

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsurf/20110303.aspx

 

[Bilal9]

Don't know if its been posted here before, but seems to be the most complete rundown of the BN modernization program. The writer is a well-known Indian defense journalist (Mrityunjoy Majumdar), who is connected to Janes Defence weekly and Bharat Rakshak (among other affiliations), obviously knows more about BN's fleet technicalities than a lot of folks in Bangladesh itself . That is tragi-comic in many odd ways.

Google, (without quotes), "former-coast-guard-cutter-jarvis-transferred-to-growing-bangladesh-navy",

then click n the first link.

 

[Bilal9]

By all reliable reports - the graduated new build program in Bangladesh is now limited to three Chinese prototypes of increasing size.

1. 50-meter FACs (fast attack craft) for Riverine and inshore patrol (FAC-G?) altogether 25 hulls with BNS Padma the first locally built unit at KSY, 24 more hulls continuing over next decade. The 25 hulls built locally at KSY of the 50-meter long, 255-ton Padma-class from material packages supplied by Hudong shipyard will standardize various types of inshore FACs, patrol craft and gunboats used locally at this time of varying sophistication. Standardization will encourage low-cost induction of inter-changeability of modular mission packages.

BNS Padma (P 312), was commissioned on Jan. 24, 2013. The second hull BNS Surma, was launched on 23 January 2013 and commissioned into the Bangladesh Navy on 29 August 2013. The other three ships of the first batch, BNS Aparajeya, BNS Adamya and BNS Atandra were handed over to Bangladesh Navy on 15 December 2013. These three ships were commissioned on 23 December 2013.

The Padma-class FACs are 50 meters long, 7.5 meters wide, 4.1 meters high and can carry out missions lasting up to seven days at a time. The class has a top speed of 23 knots.

2. 64-meter FACs (FAC-M?) for offshore EEZ maritime patrol, interdiction and ASW role, altogether 8 hulls. BNS Durjoy (P811) and BNS Nirmul (P812) delivered from China ex-Wuchang Shipyard (CSOC), six more to be built locally at KSY over next decade.

These are also known as 648-ton LPC's, with a length of 64.2 meters, a beam of 9 meters and a draft of 2.5 meters. These are a bit heavier than the PNS Azmat class.

The LPC are armed with a single 76.2mm NG-16-1 automatic cannon, two twin 25mm cannon mounted amidships, four C-704 surface to surface missiles (SSM) mounted aft, and two forward-mounted six-barreled RDC depth charge rocket launchers. Primary sensors include a TR-47C gunfire control radar with built-in electro-optical sensors, an SR-60 search radar, and an ESS-3 bow mounted sonar with an effective range of about 8000 meters. A JRCSS combat management system (CMS) with at least three multifunction consoles is also fitted.

The LPC are powered by triple Pielstick diesels driving three screws for a top speed of 28 knots. Range is 2500 nautical miles (nm) and endurance with a crew of 60 is 15 days. These are able to perform both strike missions at ranges of about 40 kilometers as well as undertaking anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations.

3. 90-meter type 056 Corvette: CSOC Wuchang Shipyard in China began construction on two hulls January 2013. Additional two hulls will be built at KSY starting in 2016 which will be the largest indigenous warship type built locally.

The 1,330-ton corvettes are based on the Type 056 to customized Bangladeshi specifications (10m longer than Chinese 056 type among other things), including a helicopter hangar. Steel cutting for these ships took place on Jan. 8, 2013. CSOC expects to complete construction and delivery of these corvettes by 2014 or early 2015. It may be likely that this corvette will see the induction of the FM90 system as well.

The main anti-ship armament consists of YJ-83 sea-skimming anti-shipcruise missiles in two twin-cell launchers. The primary anti-aircraft armament is one FL-3000N short range missile system with 8 rounds. A 76 mm main gun based on a Russian AK-176 is mounted forward. 2 triple torpedo tubes are mounted for ASW operations.

Further operational info about the type 056 class is still not widely known but will be revealed in due time.

 

[Zarvan]

Bangladesh Rebuilds Its Navy

Bangladesh has bought seven 250 ton patrol boats from China. Two will be built in China, and five in Bangladesh. The 30 meter (93 foot) vessels are part of a two year old effort to rebuild the Bangladeshi Navy. The biggest problem Bangladesh has along its coasts is smuggling. Currently, the Bangladesh Navy consists of five frigates and about fifty (mostly elderly) patrol boats.

Replacing the aging patrol boats with newer models is a major priority. China will be the source of most future acquisitions (to include three missile frigates, three large patrol vessels, 12 small patrol boats, two landing craft, four fast attack craft and possibly 2-3 submarines).

Last year, the U.S. Coast Guard donated 16 Defender-class patrol boats. These nine meter (26.5 foot) boats are powered by twin outboard engines, have a top speed of 85 kilometers an hour (and cruise at 65 kilometers an hour). The Defenders carry a crew of four, are armed with two machine-guns and can carry six passengers (or prisoners).

They are excellent for patrolling the many river delta waterways on the Bangladeshi coast. The newly created Bangladesh Special Operations Force has adopted the Defender as their primary seaborne transport.

Bangladesh has also bought two Castle class patrol boats from Britain, for $2 million each. These 75 meter (246 foot), 1,400 ton ships are armed with a 30mm autocannon and four machine guns.

Neighboring Myanmar is the source of opium smuggling, some which is often carried out by Islamic radical groups, to provide cash for terrorist operations.

Surface Forces: Bangladesh Rebuilds Its Navy

Bangladesh seriously need to build its Air Force they need much more number of Fighter Jets then they currently have they should have at least 270 Fighter Jets of latest generation and for Navy they need to have around 6 Submarines

 

[arp2041]

Bangladesh seriously need to build its Air Force they need much more number of Fighter Jets then they currently have they should have at least 270 Fighter Jets of latest generation and for Navy they need to have around 6 Submarines

F-22 or F-35??

 

[Gautam]

Why do you need the navy?

 

[Bilal9]

Please refrain from posting if you have nothing of value to add to the discussion.

 

[damiendehorn]

Why do you need the navy?

Really? Why does india need a navy? Dumb question.

 

[Gautam]

Really? Why does india need a navy? Dumb question.

Because India don't have a neighbor like India

 

[BDforever]

Because India don't have a neighbor like India

because evil india is one of its kind lol

 

[arp2041]

Why do you need the navy?

Thats a WRONG question mate, the real question is Why these all efforts just to catch FISH??

 

[BDforever]

Thats a WRONG question mate, the real question is Why these all efforts just to catch FISH??

actually Indian Navy only in earth does fishing and compete with fishing trawler and then has coalition with fishing trawler

 

[Black Eagle 90]

Any Possibility of S-20 Submarines buying which PN is buying. BN can get 3 of them with 1 local production.

 

[TimeToScoot]

Complete wastage of money. Bangladesh doesn't even need a navy. How about investing money in the IT/Auto/Pharmaceutical/Hardware industry instead?

Really? Why does india need a navy? Dumb question.

Bangladesh is not India dumbo.

 

[Gautam]

because evil india is one of its kind lol

See? We need the navy to keep holding the title of Evil India

I repeat the question again that @arp2041 asked..... why all these efforts to catch only the FISH?