BNS Khalid Bin Walid

BNS "Khalid Bin Walid" is a frigate of the Bangladeshi Navy, and is one of the most modern to serve with them. She is currently moored at Chittagong, serving with the Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN). About 200 personnel serve aboard her.

History

Named for Khalid ibn al-Walid, she is capable of serving in a combat role, as well as performing peacetime policing duties. She was laid down on March 11 1998 at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Republic of Korea, and commissioned on June 20 2001 as BNS "Bangabandhu".

Later, the ship was decommissioned for various warranty repair works and placed in reserve class-III as DW 2000-H frigate on February 13 2002.

The primary role of this ship will be the surveillance of the country’s exclusive economic zone. She will also carry out various constabulary tasks in Bangladesh’s sea area against maritime terrorism, environmental pollution and smuggling, and can also be deployed for search and rescue operations.

External links

* [http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=1430 Report on the decommissioning at the Daily Star]
* [http://www.wikimapia.org/1009392 Photo from google earth]