BNS Khalid Bin Walid
BNS Khalid Bin Walid steams off the coast of Bangladesh during CARAT 2012 exercise | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh | |
| Name | BNS Khalid Bin Walid |
| Namesake | Khalid Bin Walid |
| Ordered | 1998 |
| Builder | Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, Republic of Korea |
| Laid down | 12 May 1999 |
| Launched | 29 August 2000 |
| Commissioned | 20 June 2001 |
| Decommissioned | 13 February 2002 |
| Reclassified | Reduced to the reserve on 13 February 2002 |
| Name | BNS Khalid Bin Walid |
| Recommissioned | 13 July 2007 |
| Homeport | Chittagong |
| Identification | Pennant number: F 25 |
| Nickname(s) | BNS KBW |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Modified Ulsan-class frigate |
| Displacement | 2400-2500 tons |
| Length | 103.7 m (340 ft) |
| Beam | 12.5 m (41 ft) |
| Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft) |
| Propulsion | CODAD: 4 SEMT-Pielstick 12V PA6V280 STC diesels; 22,501 hp (16.779 MW) sustained; 2 × shafts |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range | 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km) |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 ×AgustaWestland AW109 SAR Helicopter |
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BNS Khalid Bin Walid (Bengali: বানৌজা খালিদ বিন ওয়ালিদ) is a guided-missile frigate of the Bangladesh Navy. It is currently based at Chittagong, serving with the Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN). It is currently the only frigate of the Bangladesh Navy armed with ASW torpedo and gun based CIWS. It is named after a muslim general Khalid Bin Walid.