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The Bangladesh Navy (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী, romanized: Bāṅlādēś Nôubāhinī) is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for the defence of Bangladesh's 118,813 square kilometres (45,874 sq mi) of maritime territorial area from any external threat, and the security of sea ports and exclusive economic zones of Bangladesh. [5]
First guided missile frigate of the Bangladesh Navy. Decommissioned in 2020. [citation needed] Type 61 Salisbury class: Frigate: BNS Umar Farooq (F 16) 2,408: Ex-HMS Llandaff (F61). After brief use as museum ship from December 2015, [1] she was sold for demolition in Bangladesh in 2016. [2] Type 41 Leopard class: Frigate: BNS Abu Bakr (F 15 ...
The Bangladesh Navy currently operates two submarines, five guided missile frigates, two patrol frigates, six guided missile corvettes, minor surface combatants of various type of offshore patrol vessels, coastal patrol boats, missile boats, minesweepers, auxiliaries, amphibious landing craft and rapid response boats.
Medieval armor preserved in the Bangladesh Military Museum. Bangladesh's military history is intertwined with the history of a larger region, including present-day India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar. The country was historically part of Bengal – a major power in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
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Before the Bangladesh Liberation War, the naval base was named as PNS Bakhtiar.After independence the base was named BNS Chittagong. Later, on December 10, 1974, Chittagong naval base was renamed as BNS Issa Khan by the former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, named after the medieval Baro-Bhuyan chieftain Isa Khan.
Bangladesh Naval Academy main entrance. Bangladesh Naval Academy is a reputed military academy for naval training in South Asia.It was established in 1976 at the premises of the Mercantile Marine Academy at Juludia, Chittagong, later shifted to BNS Issa Khan in Chittagong to train the cadets of the Bangladesh Navy.
During the liberation war of 1971, the naval commandos of Bangladesh sunk the Pakistan Navy Ship PNS Jessore. After the war, the ship was salvaged and extensively repaired at Khulna Shipyard. Then it was commissioned in Bangladesh Navy as BNS Bishkhali on 23 November 1978. [1]