BNS ''Umar Farooq'' was a of the

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. She was the first frigate to enter service with the Bangladesh Navy. The ship was named after the second

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History

The ship previously served the

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as . 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

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, 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

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and

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in 1989. The ship participated in the International Fleet Review in

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in 1998. On 26 February 2007, ''Umar Farooq'' paid a two-day goodwill visit to

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. In December 2010, the ship made a three-day visit to the Indian naval base at

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. In 2014,

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, a

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, disappeared during flight. Due to the possibility of finding the wreckage in the

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, ''Umar Farooq'', along with the frigate , joined the search operation in this region. 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. She was replaced by , a Chinese-built

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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.

References

External links

Umar Farooq at the Bangladeshi Navy's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Umar Farooq Salisbury-class frigates of the Bangladesh Navy 1955 ships Ships of the Bangladesh Navy Frigates of the Bangladesh Navy Decommissioned ships of the Bangladesh Navy

History

Career

Mission

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