Bangladesh Navy

[Bilal9]

Just wanted to tell that Penguin is the Navy specialist here in this forum.. He knows more than anyone else. Gotta think twice before disagreeing with him.

I second that. He has been a valuable resource and very impartial. I appreciate sparing his time and valuable advice.

 

[sahureka2]

today August 4, 2016 Ceremony Delivery Ships
The Authorities' sign documents acknowledging delivery ships

Photos lobito1971/naviearmatori

 

[Michael Corleone]

today August 4, 2016 Ceremony Delivery Ships
The Authorities' sign documents acknowledging delivery ships

Photos lobito1971/naviearmatori

Coast guard flag is black? Wha?

 

[sahureka2]

Coast guard flag is black? Wha?

It is not black, maybe the reflection of light

 

[Bilal9]

It is not black, maybe the reflection of light

Yup Coast Guard background is Navy Blue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Coast_Guard

 

[TopCat]

today August 4, 2016 Ceremony Delivery Ships
The Authorities' sign documents acknowledging delivery ships

Photos lobito1971/naviearmatori

Who are going to sail the ship to Bangladesh? Bangladesh coast guard or Bangladesh navy?

 

[sahureka2]

for the moment they have the Coast Guard colors, in the future who knows !

Photos photos lobito 1971/naviermmatori

 

[TopCat]

Great looking ship. I bet our coast guard will be operating the most advance ships in this region.

 

[Bilal9]

Great looking ship. I bet our coast guard will be operating the most advance ships in this region.

Yep. It's sort of sad that they had to de-arm this ship to the level but I know @Penguin bhai said that this has provision to be re-armed again, as discussed earlier.

Our Coast Guard Inshore Patrol Vessels being built locally are also quite advanced, design based on the USCG Sentinel class cutter. They will be more heavily armed than this boat.

 

[Penguin]

Yep. It's sort of sad that they had to de-arm this ship to the level but I know @Penguin bhai said that this has provision to be re-armed again, as discussed earlier.

Our Coast Guard Inshore Patrol Vessels being built locally are also quite advanced, design based on the USCG Sentinel class cutter. They will be more heavily armed than this boat.

Built by the Louisiana-based firm Bollinger Shipyards, using a design from the Netherlands-based Damen Group, with the Sentinel design based on the company's Damen Stan 4708 patrol vessel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel-class_cutter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damen_Stan_patrol_vessel
http://wikialpha.org/wiki/Damen_Stan_patrol_vessel_4708
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damen_Stan_patrol_vessel_4708

http://products.damen.com/en/ranges/stan-patrol

 

[bluesky]

for the moment they have the Coast Guard colors, in the future who knows !

Photos photos lobito 1971/naviermmatori

Watching the ship in the photos I wonder if our Coastguard needs this kind of ships considering the scope of their duties. PL-71 is too large for Coast Guard. But, anyway, it has been always our policy to direct all our assets such as Coast Gurad, Police, Ansars, and VDP to one end. That is to train all for an eventuality of war.

 

[syed1]

Bangladesh Navy chief to attend steel-cutting ceremony of warships in China


Navy chief Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed has left for China to attend the steel-cutting ceremony of two small warships, Corvettes, being built for Bangladesh.
The military’s PR service, ISPR, says senior naval officers of Bangladesh and the defence attaché of the Chinese embassy in Dhaka saw him off on Sunday at the Shahjalal International Airport.

Admiral Nizamuddin will flag off the construction of the warships on Aug 9 at Uchean shipyard, and will interact with the officials of the builder, China Ship Building and Offshore.

Bangladesh imports military hardware from China.

The Chinese embassy on the 89th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently said the defence relations with Dhaka have reached “unprecedented heights”.

The relations were “consolidated with frequent high-level visits, continuously deepening pragmatic cooperation and fruitful cooperation in personnel training”.

The ISPR said the navy chief’s visit would help to strengthen the defence ties.



http://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/bangladesh/1194634

 

[Bilal9]

Bangladesh Navy chief to attend steel-cutting ceremony of warships in China


Navy chief Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed has left for China to attend the steel-cutting ceremony of two small warships, Corvettes, being built for Bangladesh.
The military’s PR service, ISPR, says senior naval officers of Bangladesh and the defence attaché of the Chinese embassy in Dhaka saw him off on Sunday at the Shahjalal International Airport.

Admiral Nizamuddin will flag off the construction of the warships on Aug 9 at Uchean shipyard, and will interact with the officials of the builder, China Ship Building and Offshore.

Bangladesh imports military hardware from China.

The Chinese embassy on the 89th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently said the defence relations with Dhaka have reached “unprecedented heights”.

The relations were “consolidated with frequent high-level visits, continuously deepening pragmatic cooperation and fruitful cooperation in personnel training”.

The ISPR said the navy chief’s visit would help to strengthen the defence ties.



http://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/bangladesh/1194634

I'm guessing these are the 056 class corvettes?

 

[Bilal9]

I'm guessing these are the 056 class corvettes?

Correction, Bangladesh Navy 056 class variant is called C13B by Wuhan Shipyard (Builder)...two more hulls being built...

 

[Arthur]

Bangladesh Navy chief to attend steel-cutting ceremony of warships in China


Navy chief Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed has left for China to attend the steel-cutting ceremony of two small warships, Corvettes, being built for Bangladesh.
The military’s PR service, ISPR, says senior naval officers of Bangladesh and the defence attaché of the Chinese embassy in Dhaka saw him off on Sunday at the Shahjalal International Airport.

Admiral Nizamuddin will flag off the construction of the warships on Aug 9 at Uchean shipyard, and will interact with the officials of the builder, China Ship Building and Offshore.

Bangladesh imports military hardware from China.

The Chinese embassy on the 89th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently said the defence relations with Dhaka have reached “unprecedented heights”.

The relations were “consolidated with frequent high-level visits, continuously deepening pragmatic cooperation and fruitful cooperation in personnel training”.

The ISPR said the navy chief’s visit would help to strengthen the defence ties.



http://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/bangladesh/1194634

Good news.

And good lord, No more old ship for the navy.

There is a good reason navy didn't induct the Minerva class. In recent times navy's inducted platforms solely from China.As I explained the reasons behind this. Easy maintenance, development of doctrines, logistics and manpower etc. etc.

BN has seen a induction and transformation like never before.This presented a challenge to navy.They had to re-organize their command and formation structure, divert and retrain the limited manpower to newer platforms like sub marine and aviation wing. BN only had 15000 including non combatant and supporting civilian personnel. So this was a situation where BN had to compromise inducting old ships, cuz there were plan to induct 4 type 56 and 8 LPC, 12 Padma class ,which means they needed to retrain their sailors to operate these new ships.

Induction of submarines and helos and MPA 's means they had to divert more personnel's to these new formations too.
Nowhere they are in a position to induct old ships and retrain their sailors to operate them. And why they would do that?
Government had happily given them enough fund for new ships,but gov. was never interested to increase the manpower for obvious reasons (too much non development cost,). GOV. recently allowed to recruit 5000 new manpower. After all of these personnel's are ready, they will go with the fleet expansion plan (new frigates more Type 56, LPC, patrol vessel).And 2 Type 53, 4 Type 56 and 6 LPC and twelve 25 patrol vessel won't be run by robots,now would they??

It's the only reason which enabled the coast Guard to whop in and get these old ships. Coast Guard already had the necessary manpower to train and operate them. So why pay them huge salary , if the only they do is sit idle and kill mosquito??

BN needs their limited manpower for new platforms. So sorry to say it again, Minerva class has no chance to see the navy service or serve the ensign (in case of war that is whole different thing,but I don't think anyone here wants it).