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The Bangladesh Navy has a strength of 24,000 personnel including 1,081 officers[1] (2005 estimate). It is mostly limited to coastal patrolling, but it has already procured an ULSAN class frigate built in South Korea waiting to be commissioned soon.

Contents 1 History 2 Organization/Formation 3 List of Chiefs of Naval Staff 4 Bangladesh Navy Ships/Equipment 4.1 Frigates 4.2 'Offshore Patrol Vessel" EX RN ISLAND Class 4.3 Fast Attack Craft (Missile) 4.4 Fast Attack Craft (Torpedo) 4.5 Fast Attack Craft (Patrol) 4.6 Coastal Patrol Craft 4.7 Fast Attack Craft (Gun) 4.8 Riverine Patrol Craft 4.9 Training Ship 4.10 Minesweepers 4.11 Auxiliaries 5 Ranks in the Navy 6 Future Plans 7 External links

The Bangladesh Navy was forged in times of war. In 1971, with West Pakistan imposing a military rule in East Pakistan, the Bangladesh Liberation War was truly underway. Many Bengali sailors and officers in the Pakistan Navy defected to form the Bangladesh Navy. On 9 November 1971, the first naval fleet consisting of six small ships was inaugurated. [2] Initially, there were two ships and 45 navy personnel. These ships tried to carry out raids on the Pakistani fleet but both the ships were mistakenly hit and sunk by Indian fighter planes on December 10 1971, when they were about to launch a major attack on Mongla seaport. According to official figures from Bangladesh, a total of 334 naval freedom fighters were involved with the fledgling navy with 22 becoming martyrs. [3] These sailors aided the Indian troops immensely as well as carrying out their own daring raids on Pakistani troops, mainly Operation Jackpot.

• Chief of Naval Staff – Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam, (C), ndu, psc, BN
• Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel) – Commodore Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan, (C), psc, BN
• Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Logistics) – Commodore M Imam Hossain, (C), ndc, psc, BN

• Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Material) – Commodore A Khair Chowdhury, (E),ndc,psc, BN
• Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) – Rear Admiral M Mostafizur Rahman, (TAS)(CD), ndu,psc, BN
• Director General Coast Guard – Commodore M. A. K. Azad, (G), psc, BN
• Commodore Commanding Chittagong (COMCHIT) - Commodore M Nasir, (N), ncc, psc, BN
• Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN) - Captain M Farid Habib, (ND), ndc, psc, BN
• Commodore Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL) - Captain K T Zaman,(C),ndc, psc ,BN
• Commodore Superintendent Docyard (CSD) - Commodore M M Jasimuddin Bhuiyan, (L), psc, BN
• The Naval Administrative Auithority Dhaka (Admin Dhaka)- Commodore S M Moniruzzaman, (E), ndc, psc, BN

Bangladesh Navy (BN) has its HQ at Banani, Dhaka. HQ has 4 branches, Operations (O), Personnel (P), Material (M) and Logistics (Log). Each branch is headed by officers who are considered as Principal Staff Officer (PSO)and known as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, eg ACNS(O). Under each PSO there are various Directorates headerd by Directors of Captain Rank. Under each Ditector ther are Deputy Directors (DD) and Staff Officres (SO).

Operations Branch: Directorate of Naval Operations (DNO), Directorate of Naval Plans (DNP), Directorate of Naval Intelligence(DNI), Directorate of Works(D of Wks), Directorate of Naval Signals (D Sig), Directorate of Hydrography (D of Hydro);

Personnel Branch: Directorate of Personnel Services (DPS), Directorate of Medical Services(DMS), Directorate of naval Training(DNT), Directorate of Welfare(D of Wel), Directorate of Naval Education Services (DNES), Directorate of Civilian Personnel(DCP), Directorate of Medical Services(DMS);

Material Branch: Directorate of Naval Engineering(DNE), Directorate of Naval Weapon and Electrical Engineering (DNWEE), Directorate of Naval Armament Inspection and Supply (DNAIS), Directorate of Information Technology (DIT);

Logistics Branch: Directorate of Naval Stroes (DNS), Directorate of Naval Budget (D of Budget), Directorate of Technical Stores(DTS), Directorate of Pay Pension and Accounts(DPP&A);

• Captain Nurul Haq
• Commodore Musharraf Hussain Khan
• Rear Admiral Musharraf Hussain Khan
• Rear Admiral Mahbub Ali khan
• Rear Admiral Sultan Ahmed
• Rear Admiral Amir Ahmed Mustafa
• Commodore Muhammad Mohaiminul Islam (3rd May 1991 - 3rd June 1991)
• Rear Admiral Muhammad Mohaiminul Islam (4th June 1991 - 3rd June 1995)
• Rear Admiral Mohammad Nurul Islam (4th June 1995 - 3rd June 1999)
• Rear Admiral Abu Taher (4th June 1999 - 3rd June 2002)
• Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba (4th June 2002 - 9th January 2005)
• Rear Admiral M Hasan Ali Khan (10th January 2005 - 9th february 2007)
• Rear Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam (10 February 2007 - 22 May 2007)
• Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam (23 May 2007 - Present)

Name	Pennant Number	Class	Type
Khalid Bin Walid	F25	ULSAN	DW 2000 H
Osman	F18	Ex-Chinese Jianghu	I 053 HL
Umar Faruq	F16	Ex-British Salisbury	61
Abu Bakr	F15	Ex-British Leopard	41
Ali Haider	F17	Ex-British Leopard	41

BNS KAPATHAKHAYA

BNS TURAG

BNS KAROTOA

BNS GOMATI

BNS SANGU

BNS S R AMIN

!Name	Number	Class	Type
Durdasha-1	P 8125	Chinese Huangfen	21
Durdasha-2	P 8126	Chinese Huangfen	21
Durdasha-3	P 8127	Chinese Huangfen	21
Durdasha-4	P 8128	Chinese Huangfen	21
Anirban	P 81231	Chinese Huangfen	21
Durbar	P 8111	Chinese Hegu	24
Duranta	P 8112	Chinese Hegu	24
Durvedya	P 8113	Chinese Hegu	24
Durdam	P 8114	Chinese Hegu	24
Utpal	P 8141	Chinese Hegu	24

!Name	Number	Class	Type
TB 35	T 8235	Chinese Huchuan	26
TB 36	T 8236	Chinese Huchuan	26
TB 37	T 8237	Chinese Huchuan	26
TB 38	T 8238	Chinese Huchuan	26
TB 1	T8221	Chinese P4	123K
TB 2	T8222	Chinese P4	123K
TB 3	T8223	Chinese P4	123K
TB 4	T8224	Chinese P4	123K

!Name	Number	Class	Type
Nirbhoy	P 812	Chinese Hainan	Durjoy
Karnaphuli	P 314	Ex Yugoslav Kraljenih	Karnaphuli
Tista	P 315	Ex Yugoslav Kraljenih	Karnaphuli

!Name	Number	Class	Type
Padma	P 312	Ex Indian	Akshay
Surma	P 313	Ex Indian	Akshay
Barkat	P 711	Haizhui	062/1
Meghana	P 211	Meghana
Jamuna	P 212	Meghana
Bishkhali	P 311	River

!Name	Number	Class	Type
Shaheed Daulat	P 411	Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai	II 062
Shaheed Farid	P 412	Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai	II 062
Shahhed Mohibullah	P 413	Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai	II 062
Shaheed Akhtaruddin	P 414	Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai	II 062
Tawheed	P 611	Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai	II 062
Tawfiq	P 612	Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai	II 062
Tamjeed	P 613	Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai	II 062
Tanveer	P 614	Shaheed Ex-Chinese Shanghai	II 062

!Name	Number	Class	Type
Pabna	P 111	Pabna
Noakhali	P 112	Pabna
Patuakhali	P 113	Pabna
Rangamati	P 114	Pabna
Bogra	P 115	Pabna

!Name	Number	Class	Type
Shaheed Ruhul Amin	A 511	Island

!Name	Number	Class	Type
Shapla	M 95	Shapla
Shaikat	M 96	Shapla
Surovi	M 97	Shapla
Shaibal	M 98	Shapla
Sagar	M 91	Sagar	T 43

!Name	Number	Class	Type
Khan Jahan Ali	A 515	Tanker
Shahayak	A 512	Repair ship
Shah Jalal	A 512	Tender
Shanket		Harbor Tender
Shah Amanat	L 900	Landing Craft Logistic
Shah Paran	L 901	LCU 1646	LCU
Shah Makdum	L 902	LCU 1646	LCU
Darshak	A 581	Yuch’in 068/069 L	CU/LCP
Tallashi	A 582	Yuch'in 068/069	LCU/LCP

1. Acting Sub-Lieutenant
2. Sub-Lieutenant
3. Lieutenant
4. Lieutenant Commander
5. Commander
6. Captain
7. Commodore
8. Rear Admiral
9. Vice Admiral
10. Admiral
11. Admiral of the Fleet

Bangladesh Navy may introduce four modern submarines, additional guided missile frigates, two maritime patrol aircraft, six missile corvettes, additional offshore patrol vessels, six patrol crafts, more Zodiac inflatable boats from Australia, EW systems, long range surface-to-air missiles, Otomat missiles for all frigates as standard missiles, torpedo countermeasure system for the DW 2000 H frigate, a combat data-link for BNS Osman frigate, anti-submarine helicopters with associated handling deck and equipment, new engine for a warship and the commissioning of a large offshore patrol vessel locally built at the Khulna Shipyard.

• Official site of Bangladesh navy
• Bangladesh Military Forces Website
• Bangladesh Navy on Virtual Bangladesh
• World Navies