Bangladesh Navy

[Tamiyah]

After purchase of the BNS Bangabandhu from Republic of Korea (South Korea) the Bangladesh Navy planned to purchase 4 new frigates based on the South African MEKO-200 (Valour class) guided missile frigates from Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft in Kiel, Germany.

However due to budgetary constraints the Bangladesh Navy was forced to purchase two Jianghu III and two Jiangwei II frigates from PLAN inventory. It also purchased four new Shadhinata class guided missile corvettes from China at the same time.

Now the frigate program is back with better budget, indigenous production and enlarged order.

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Type 53H3 will come to increase the number of frigate, Type 54 is an option for future indigenous frigate program.

OKAY

 

[monitor]

Best scene ever
Iftar onboard BNS Bangabandhu of Bangladesh Navy.
"We all are the same beneath the shadow of Almighty Allah"
PC- K M Shaikh Aktar
Shared by #DTB

 

[Tamiyah]

But divided by Race

Best scene ever
Iftar onboard BNS Bangabandhu of Bangladesh Navy.
"We all are the same beneath the shadow of Almighty Allah"
PC- K M Shaikh Aktar
Shared by #DTB

But this world divided us by race and language.

 

[Michael Corleone]

But divided by Race

But this world divided us by race and language.

that's human construct... not theological

 

[Avicenna]

Best scene ever
Iftar onboard BNS Bangabandhu of Bangladesh Navy.
"We all are the same beneath the shadow of Almighty Allah"
PC- K M Shaikh Aktar
Shared by #DTB

or if you prefer,

All kidding aside, it is a beautiful photo MashAllah.

 

[The Ronin]

From the interior of Bangladeshi made Durjoy class ASW LPC of Bangladesh Navy

 

[Tanveer666]

Yes it's still on. Deal will be signed in July.

Wait i thought the dead was already signed and it was supposed to be delivered on July

 

[The Ronin]

KSY and CSOC signed contract for five new navy OPVs (Padma class batch 2).

Wait i thought the dead was already signed and it was supposed to be delivered on July

People probably mistook/mixed up the deal signing with delivery time. Now they are saying those will probably come in September after sea trial.

 

[Avicenna]

KSY and CSOC signed contract for five new navy OPVs.

People probably mistook/mixed up the deal signing with delivery time. Now they are saying those will probably come in September after sea trial.

These are for the Padma's?

 

[Bilal9]

These are for the Padma's?

Affirmative.

 

[mb444]

KSY and CSOC signed contract for five new navy OPVs (Padma class batch 2).

People probably mistook/mixed up the deal signing with delivery time. Now they are saying those will probably come in September after sea trial.

Could these not have been built in BD shipyard? Waste of both foreign exchanges and valuable opportunity to learn and develop own capacity.

 

[Arthur]

Could these not have been built in BD shipyard? Waste of both foreign exchanges and valuable opportunity to learn and develop own capacity.

They will be built by KSY. CSOC is the design supplier.

 

[mb444]

They will be built by KSY. CSOC is the design supplier.

Cool

 

[Michael Corleone]

Affirmative.

wait. why a deal on padma class being signed again? or am i missing something?

 

[Bilal9]

wait. why a deal on padma class being signed again? or am i missing something?

Like @Arthur bhai stated, KSY is the builder and CSOC supplied the design, this agreement is for licensing the design from CSOC. Each (or a group of) new builds for the hull necessitates new contracts for licensing and build supervision.

The vessels are built under Chinese marine classification standards, which are also adopted by the PLA Navy. CSOC supplies documentation, design blueprints and build supervision with resident Chinese experts. Pakistan's Zulfiquar class was built in the same manner, though that platform is far larger (and systems integration more complicated of course).

Ditto for our Durjoy class etc.

The earlier agreement was for awarding of contract from BN to KSY (who is primary contractor). This may have confused some folks.

CSOC has a long experience designing these things for inshore use in China and they have worked out the bugs already. Padma class is a unique design customized for BN for inshore patrol use. Lately design has been modified with new modern sensors and (I believe) a remote-controlled main gun. There is speculation that the new sensors could include capability for a wireless-networked multi-hull warfighting scenario.

During initial planning and builds of the first batch of five about five years ago, there was talk that eventually BN might need five batches of five each (total about 25). I don't know if this is still the case or not. There might still be future batches of five.