BNS Umar Farooq (1976)
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BNS Umar Farooq was a {{sclass|Salisbury|frigate}} of the Bangladesh Navy. She was the first frigate to enter service with the Bangladesh Navy. The ship was named after the second Rashidun Caliph Umar.
History
The ship previously served the Royal Navy as {{HMS|Llandaff|F61|6}}. She served the Royal Navy from 1958 to 1976. On 10 December 1976, she was transferred to the Bangladesh Navy.
Career
On 10 December 1976, BNS Umar Farooq was commissioned in the Bangladesh Navy. She was based at Chittagong, serving with the Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN). About 200 personnel served aboard Umar Farooq, with most living aboard her.
Umar Farooq paid a goodwill visit to India, Pakistan and Maldives in 1989. The ship participated in the International Fleet Review in South Korea in 1998.
On 26 February 2007, Umar Farooq paid a two-day goodwill visit to Kochi Port of India.{{cite news |url=http://www.oneindia.com/2007/02/26/bangladesh-naval-ship-calls-at-kochi-1174118465.html |title=Bangladesh Naval Ship calls at Kochi |work=oneindia |date=17 March 2007 |access-date=24 May 2015}} In December 2010, the ship made a three-day visit to the Indian naval base at Visakhapatnam.{{cite news |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/visakhapatnam/bangladesh-navy-ship-docks-city-068 |work=Deccan Chronicle |title=Bangladesh Navy ship docks in city |date=19 December 2010}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
In 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a 777-200ER, disappeared during flight. Due to the possibility of finding the wreckage in the Bay of Bengal, Umar Farooq, along with the frigate {{BNS|Bangabandhu||2}}, joined the search operation in this region.{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-sends-2-navy-ships-to-verify-mh370-wreckage-claim-22435 |title=Bangladesh sends 2 navy ships to verify MH370 wreckage claim |work=The Daily Star |date=2 May 2014 |access-date=24 May 2015}}
She was decommissioned on 30 December 2015 after serving Bangladesh Navy for around 39 years, with a total service life of 57 years. After brief use as a museum ship from December 2015, she was sold for scrapping in Bangladesh in 2016.{{Cite news |title=BNS Umar Farooq inaugurated as museum ship |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/103246/BNS-Umar-Farooq-inaugurated-as-museum-ship |work=Daily Sun |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063537/http://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/103246/BNS-Umar-Farooq-inaugurated-as-museum-ship |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2016-01-13}}{{cite web |title=Auction of Bangladesh Navy ship ex-BNS Umar Farooq |url=http://www.dgdp.gov.bd/dgdp/AP_TEN/doc/624.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Defence |access-date=7 December 2016 |location=Dakha |date=27 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220120334/http://www.dgdp.gov.bd/dgdp/AP_TEN/doc/624.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2016 |url-status=dead}} She was replaced by {{BNS|Umar Farooq|2019}}, a Chinese-built Type 053H3 frigate with the same name and pennant number.
Mission
Umar Farooq was deployed to support operations off the Bangladeshi coast, such as anti-piracy and anti-smuggling operations, as well as search and rescue deployments.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080706133746/http://www.bangladeshnavy.org/trgships.html Umar Farooq at the Bangladeshi Navy's website]
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Category:Salisbury-class frigates of the Bangladesh Navy
Category:Ships of the Bangladesh Navy