BNS Umar Farooq (1976)

Another Salisbury-class frigate HMS Lincoln in 1972
History
Bangladesh
Name	BNS Umar Farooq
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie and Company
Laid down	27 August 1953
Launched	30 November 1955
Acquired	1976
Commissioned	10 December 1976
Decommissioned	30 December 2015
Identification	Pennant number: F-16
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Salisbury-class frigate
Displacement	2,170 tons (standard), 2,408 tons (loaded)
Length	103.5 m (340 ft)
Beam	12.5 m (41 ft)
Draught	4.7 m (15 ft)
Propulsion	8 × ASR1 diesels, 12,400 shp (9.2 MW), 2 × shafts
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h)
Range	2,300 nautical miles (4,300 km) at 24 knots (44 km/h); 7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement	223 (14 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	Radar System: (Air/Surface Search): Marconi Type 965 with double AKE 2 array Surface Search/Fire Control System: Plessey Type 993 Navigation: Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 Weapons Control: Type 275 Sonar Systems: Type 174 (Hull Mounted) Graseby Type 170B (Hull Mounted)
Electronic warfare & decoys	Cutlass 242, Scorpion Jammer; Decoy: 1 × decoy launcher
Armament	1 × twin 4.5 in guns Mark 6 1 × 40 mm Bofors gun Mk.5 1 × Squid A/S mortar

BNS Umar Farooq was a Salisbury-class frigate of the Bangladesh Navy. She was the first frigate to enter service with the Bangladesh Navy. The ship was named after the second Rashidun Caliph Umar.