Bangladesh Navy ensign

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. Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Bangladesh. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Bangladesh. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the bird, see Frigatebird. ...

[edit] History

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. Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... West Pakistan was the popular and sometimes official (1955–1970) name of the western wing of Pakistan until 1971, when the eastern wing (East Pakistan) became independent as Bangladesh. ... East Pakistan was a former province of Pakistan which existed between 1955 and 1971. ... Combatants Mukti Bahini India Aided By Soviet Union Pakistan Aided By United States Commanders • Col. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... Mongla is a sea port in the Bagerhat District of south-western Bangladesh. ... Operation Jackpot was the codename assaigned to 2, possibly 3 operations launched by the Indian Army and the Bangladesh forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. ...

[edit] Organization/Formation

• Chief of Naval Staff – Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam, (C), ndu, psc, BN
• Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel) – Commodore M Nasir, (N), ncc, psc, BN
• Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Logistics) – Commodore Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan, (C), 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 Imam Hossain, (C), ndc, psc, BN
• Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN) - Captain M Farid Habib, (ND), ndc, psc, BN
• Commodore Commanding Khulna (COMKHUL) - Captain K T Zaman,(C) 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). Vice Admiral is a naval rank of three star level, equivalent to Lieutenant General in seniority. ... Commodore is a military rank used in some navies for officers whose position exceeds that of a Captain, but is less than that of a Flag Officer. ... Look up Logistics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Commodore is a military rank used in some navies for officers whose position exceeds that of a Captain, but is less than that of a Flag Officer. ... Commodore is a military rank used in some navies for officers whose position exceeds that of a Captain, but is less than that of a Flag Officer. ... Planning, calculating, or the giving or receiving of information. ... The term Rear Admiral originated from the days of Naval Sailing Squadrons, and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. ... Commodore is a military rank used in some navies for officers whose position exceeds that of a Captain, but is less than that of a Flag Officer. ...

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);

[edit] List of Chiefs of Naval Staff

• Captain Nurul Haq
• 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)

[edit] Bangladesh Navy Ships/Equipment

[edit] Frigates

The Cathedral class of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates. ... Anti-aircraft warfare frigates. ...

[edit] Fast Attack Craft (Missile)

[edit] Fast Attack Craft (Torpedo)

[edit] Fast Attack Craft (Patrol)

[edit] Coastal Patrol Craft

[edit] Fast Attack Craft (Gun)

[edit] Riverine Patrol Craft

[edit] Training Ship

[edit] Minesweepers

[edit] Auxiliaries

[edit] Ranks in the Navy

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

[edit] Future Plans

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.

[edit] External links

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