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Bangladesh Navy ensign

The Bangladesh Navy has a strength of 28,000 personnel including about 5,000 officers[1] (2005 estimate). It is mostly limited to coastal patrolling, but it has already procured an ULSAN class frigate built in South Korea.

History

The Bangladesh Navy originally under Bangladesh Forces was created during the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971 against Pakistan. Its official creation was established in July 1971 during the historic Bangladesh Sector Commanders Conference. In 1971, with West Pakistan imposing a military rule in East Pakistan, the Bangladesh War of Independence also known as 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 and later were mistakenly hit and sunk by Indian fighter planes on December 10, 1971. A major attack was launched on Mongla seaport. According to official figures from Bangladesh Navy, a total of 334 sailors were involved with the newly created navy with 22 being killed. [3] These sailors were mostly Pakistan Navy trained divers who were absorbed into regular navy after the war ended.

Organization/Formation

Chief of Naval Staff – Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam (C) ndu psc BN
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) – Rear Admiral Abu Sayed Mohammad Abdul Awal,(G),ndc, psc,MDS, BN
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel) – Rear Admiral M Farid Habib,(ND), ndc, psc, BN
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Material) – Commodore Abul Khair Chowdhury, (E), ndc,psc, BN
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Logistics) – Commodore Habibir Rahman Bhuiyan, (C) psc, BN
Commodore Commanding Chittagong (COMCHIT) - Commodore Mudasser Nasir, (N), ncc, psc, BN
Commodore Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL) - Commodore M M Razib (G) ndc afwc psc BN
The Naval Administrative Auithority Dhaka (Admin Dhaka)- Commodore M Anwarul Islam,(ND), afwc, psc, BN
Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN) - Commodore Zahir Uddin Ahmed (ND) ndc, psc BN
Commodore Superintendent Docyard (CSD) - Commodore M M Jasimuddin Bhuiyan (L) psc BN
Director General Coast Guard – Commodore M Kader, (C) ndc afwc psc BN
Chairman, Chittagong port Authority - Commodore R U Ahmed (E) ndu afwc 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 headed by Directors of Captain Rank. Under each Director there are Deputy Directors (DD) and Staff Officers (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);

List of Chiefs of Naval Staff

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)

Bangladesh Navy Ships/Equipment

Frigates

Name	Pennant Number	Class
BNS Khalid Bin Walid	F25	Ulsan class
BNS Osman (ex-Xingtan)	F18	Type 053H1
BNS Umar Farooq (ex-Llandaff)	F16	Type 61
BNS Abu Bakar (ex-Lynx)	F15	Type 41
BNS Ali Haider (ex-Jaguar)	F17	Type 41

'Offshore Patrol Vessel" EX RN Island class patrol vessels

BNS KAPATHAKHAYA

BNS TURAG

BNS KAROTOA

BNS GOMATI

BNS SANGU

BNS S R AMIN

Fast Attack Craft (Missile)

Name	Number	Class	Type
Durdasha-1	P 8125	Chinese Type 021 Huangfeng (Soviet Osa-I) class missile boat	21
Durdasha-2	P 8126	Chinese Type 021 Huangfeng (Soviet Osa-I) class missile boat	21
Durdasha-3	P 8127	Chinese Type 021 Huangfeng (Soviet Osa-I) class missile boat	21
Durdasha-4	P 8128	Chinese Type 021 Huangfeng (Soviet Osa-I) class missile boat	21
Anirban	P 81231	Chinese Type 021 Huangfeng (Soviet Osa-I) class missile boat	21
Durbar	P 8111	Chinese Heku/Hegu/Houku/Hougu (Type 024) class missile boat	24
Duranta	P 8112	Chinese Heku/Hegu/Houku/Hougu (Type 024) class missile boat	24
Durvedya	P 8113	Chinese Heku/Hegu/Houku/Hougu (Type 024) class missile boat	24
Durdam	P 8114	Chinese Heku/Hegu/Houku/Hougu (Type 024) class missile boat	24
Utpal	P 8141	Chinese Heku/Hegu/Houku/Hougu (Type 024) class missile boat	24

Fast Attack Craft (Torpedo)

Name	Number	Class	Type
TB 35	T 8235	Chinese Huchuan (Type 025) class Torpedo Hydrofoil	26
TB 36	T 8236	Chinese Huchuan (Type 025) class Torpedo Hydrofoil	26
TB 37	T 8237	Chinese Huchuan (Type 025) class Torpedo Hydrofoil	26
TB 38	T 8238	Chinese Huchuan (Type 025) class Torpedo Hydrofoil	26
TB 1	T8221	Chinese P 4 class torpedo boat	123K
TB 2	T8222	Chinese P 4 class torpedo boat	123K
TB 3	T8223	Chinese P 4 class torpedo boat	123K
TB 4	T8224	Chinese P 4 class torpedo boat	123K
unkn	unkn	Augosta Submarines (Mini sub)	Pakistan/China

Fast Attack Craft (Patrol)

Name	Number	Class	Type
Nirbhoy	P 812	Chinese Hainan (Type 037) class submarine chaser	Durjoy
Karnaphuli	P 314	Ex Yugoslav Kraljenih	Karnaphuli
Tista	P 315	Ex Yugoslav Kraljenih	Karnaphuli

Coastal Patrol Craft

Name	Number	Class	Type
Padma	P 312	Ex Indian	Akshay
Surma	P 313	Ex Indian	Akshay
Barkat	P 711	Haizhui (Type 062-I) class submarine chaser	062/1
Meghana	P 211	Meghana
Jamuna	P 212	Meghana
Bishkhali	P 311	River

Fast Attack Craft (Gun)

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

Riverine Patrol Craft

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

Training Ship

Name	Number	Class	Type
Shaheed Ruhul Amin	A 511	Island

Minesweepers

Name	Number	Class	Type
Shapla	M 95	Shapla	Ex-British River (HMS Waveney)
Shaikat	M 96	Shapla	Ex-British River (HMS Carron)
Surovi	M 97	Shapla	Ex-British River (HMS Dovey)
Shaibal	M 98	Shapla	Ex-British River (HMS Helford)
Sagar	M 91	Sagar	T 43

Auxiliaries

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

Ranks in the Navy

Commission & Non Commission Rank

Serial No.	Commission Rank	Junior & non Commission Rank
01	Cadet	DE.UC
02	Midshipman	Rank-Second Class.UT
03	Acting Sub-Lieutenant	Rank-Second Class (e.g: REN II)(See D&R)
04	Sub-Lieutenant	Rank-First Class (e.g: REN I) (See D&R)
05	Lieutenant	Leading
06	Lieutenant Commander	Petty Officer
07	Commander	Chief Petty Officer
08	Captain	Senior Chief Petty Officer
09	Commodore	Master Chief Petty Officer
10	Rear Admiral
11	Vice Admiral
12	Admiral
13	Fleet Admiral

Departments and Rank

Major Departments of Bangladesh Navy:

Executive Department (X)
Electrical Engineering (L) (1. Radio & Radar Engineering (R), 2. Electrical Engineering (L), 3. Ordnance (ORD))
Mechanical Engineering (E)
Regulating Dept. (Admin)
Supply and Store (OS)
Medical (M)
Communication (C)

D&R

Serial&Dept.	Executive	Radio & Radar	Electrical	Mechanical	Admin & Regulating	Supply & Store	Medical
01	OD I	REN I	EN I	ME I	PM I	SA I	MA I
02	OD II	REN II	EN II	ME II	PM II	SA II	MA II
03	LS (Leading Seaman)	LREN	LEN	LME	LPM	LMA	LSA
04	PO (Petty Officer)	PO R	PO L	PO E	PO	PO S	PO MAD
05	Chief PO (CPO)	Chief REA	Chief EA	Chief ERA		CPOS	Chief MA
06	SCPO (Senior Chief PO)	SCPO R	SCPO L	SCPO E		SCPO S	SCPO MA
07	MCPO (Master Chief Petty Officer)	MCPO R	MCPO L	MCPO E		MCPO S	MCPO MAD
08	Lieutenant (X)	Lieutenant (L)	Lieutenant (L)	Lieutenant (E)		Lieutenant (S)	Lieutenant (M)
09	cont.............	.........	......	....	...	..	.