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UMAR FAROOQ (F-16) class

Country of Origin: Bangladesh


 1 UMAR FAROOQ Class FRIGATE (ex-British SALISBURY(Type 61) Class)

 Name          Pendant    Launched        Commissioned     Status
 UMAR FAROOQ   F-16       Nov. 30, 1955   April 11, 1958   Active
   (ex-HMS LLANDAFF, F-61))

This is a former British radar picket/anti-submarine frigate that now serves as the largest unit in Bangladesh's navy. She was transferred from the Royal Navy on Dec. 10, 1976. This was the first large ship procured by Bangladesh since the country's...

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