BNS ''Abu Ubaidah'' is a Type 053H3 frigate of the

Bangladesh Navy The Bangladesh Navy ( bn, বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী, Bangladesh Nou Bahini) is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for Bangladesh's of maritime territorial area, and the defence of imp ...

. She is serving the Bangladesh Navy since 2020. The Ship is named after one of the

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commander

Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah ʿĀmir ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Jarrāḥ ( ar, عامر بن عبدالله بن الجراح; 583–639 CE), better known as Abū ʿUbayda ( ar, أبو عبيدة ) was a Muslim commander and one of the Companions of the Islamic prophet ...

History

The Type 053H3 frigate BNS ''Abu Ubaidah'' was previously known as either ''Jiaxing'' (521) or ''Putian'' (523). According to some sources ''Jiaxing'' (521) sold to

as BNS ''Abu Ubaidah'' (F-19). However, according to other sources, ''Jiaxing'' (521) is still in service with PLAN as of April 2020 and ''Putian'' is the ship actually sold as ''BNS Abu Ubaidah'' (F-19). The ship previously served with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in the

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. It was commissioned in PLAN in December 1999. In 2019, the ship was decommissioned and sold to the

. The ship was handed over to the Bangladesh Navy on 18 December 2019. She started her journey to new home, Bangladesh on 23 December 2019. She reached Mongla, Bangladesh on 9 January 2020. She was commissioned to the Bangladesh Navy on 5 November 2020.

Armament

The ship is armed with two quad-pack

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launchers. The C-802A missiles have range of . It also carries one PJ33A dual 100 mm gun to engage surface targets. For anti-aircraft role, the ship carries an eight cell FM-90 Surface-to-air missile launcher system. Besides, four Type 76A dual 37 mm AA guns are also there. For anti-submarine operations, the ship has two 6-tube Type 3200 ASW rocket launchers and two depth charge (DC) racks and four DC projectors. Type 946/PJ-46 15-barrel decoy rocket launchers are also in the ship for anti-ship missile defence.

References

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History

Armament

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