HMS Lynx (F27)
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Ordered | 28 June 1951 |
Builder | John Brown and Company |
Laid down | 13 August 1953 |
Launched | 12 January 1955 |
Commissioned | 14 March 1957 |
Fate | Sold to Bangladesh 12 March 1982 |
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Name | BNS Abu Bakr |
Acquired | 12 March 1982 |
Decommissioned | 22 January 2014 |
In service | 1982-2014 |
Fate | Scrapped 2014 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Leopard-class frigate |
Length | 101 metres (331 ft) |
Beam | 10.6 metres (35 ft) |
Draught | 3 metres (9.8 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range | 2,200 miles (3,500 km) at 18 kts |
Complement | 200 (22 officers) |
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Notes | Pennant Number: F 27 |
HMS Lynx (F27), was a Leopard-class Type 41 anti aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy, named after the lynx.
She was laid down by John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland, on 13 August 1953, launched on 12 January 1955, and commissioned on 14 March 1957. On 12 March 1982 she was sold to the Bangladesh Navy and renamed BNS Abu Bakr. She was decommissioned and scrapped in 2014.
Construction and design[]
The Leopard-class, or Type 41, frigates were designed for a main role of providing anti-aircraft protection for convoys. As such they were provided with a heavy gun armament but did not require high speed. They shared a common hull and machinery with the Salisbury-class (or Type 61) aircraft direction frigates.[1][2]
Leopard was 339 ft 10+1⁄2 in (103.59 m) long overall, 330 ft 0 in (100.58 m) at the waterline[3] and 320 ft 0 in (97.54 m),[4] with a Beam of 40 ft 0 in (12.19 m) and a draught of 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m).[3][5] Displacement was 2,300 long tons (2,300 t) standard and 2,520 long tons (2,560 t) deep load.[4][5] She was powered by eight Admiralty Standard Range 1 (ASR1) diesel engines, with a total power of 14,400 brake horsepower (10,700 kW), driving two propeller shafts giving a speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph).[5] Four more of these engines were used to generate electricity, driving 500 kW alternators.[6][7] The ship had a range of 2,300 nmi (2,600 mi; 4,300 km) at full power and 7,500 nmi (8,600 mi; 13,900 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h).[5][4]
The ship's main gun armament consisted of two twin 4.5 inch (113 mm) Mark 6 dual purpose gun turrets, mounted one forward and one aft, with a STAAG twin stabilised 40mm Bofors mount providing close-in anti-aircraft defence, although this mounting was unreliable and later replaced by a single Bofors gun. A single Squid anti submarine mortar was fitted.[5] As built, Leopard was fitted with a Type 960 long-range radar on the ship's mainmast and Type 293Q surface/air search radar on the foremast. A Mark 6M fire control system (including a Type 275 radar) for the 4.5 inch guns was mounted above the ship's bridge, with a secondary CRBF (Close-Range Blind Fire) director aft, fitted with Type 262 Radar, while the STAAG mount was fitted with its own Type 262 fire control radar. while a Type 974 navigation radar was also fitted.[5][8] Type 965 long-range air search radar replaced Type 960 during a refit in 1964 and 1966, with Type 993 surface/air search and target indication radar replaced the Type 293Q.[9] The ship's sonar fit consisted of Type 174 search, Type 170 fire control sonar for Squid and a Type 162 sonar for classifying targets on the sea floor.[5][8]
Lynx was laid down at John Brown and Company's Clydebank shipyard on 13 August 1953, was launched on 12 January 1955 and commissioned on 14 March 1958.[5]
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On commissioning Lynx was the leader of the 7th Frigate Squadron.[10]
She attended the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review off Spithead.[11]
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She was transferred to the Bangladeshi Navy 12 March 1982 and renamed BNS Abu Bakr.[12] She was assigned to the Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN). About 200 personnel served aboard Abu Bakr, with most living aboard her.[13]
In November 2008, BNS Abu Bakr along with BNS Nirbhoy and BNS Madhumati intercepted Myanmar Navy ships at a disputed region of Bay of Bengal where they were supporting an exploration of oil and gas fields.[14]
She was decommissioned during a ceremony held in her homeport Chittagong on 22 January 2014.[15] She was replaced by a Chinese Type 053H2 frigate with the same name and pennant number.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Gardiner & Chumbley 1995, pp. 511, 516
- ^ Marriott 1983, pp. 45, 51
- ^ a b Friedman 2008, p. 322
- ^ a b c Blackman 1971, p. 357
- ^ a b c d e f g h Gardiner & Chumbley 1995, p. 516
- ^ Marriott 1983, p. 47
- ^ Friedman 2008, p. 205
- ^ a b Marriott 1983, p. 51
- ^ Friedman 2008, p. 206
- ^ Navy List, HMSO, January 1958
- ^ Official Souvenir Programme, 1977. Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, HMSO
- ^ "History of the Bangladesh Navy". Join Bangladesh Navy. Bangladesh Navy. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ Shemul, Hasanuzzaman Talukdar (11 May 2009). "In war and Peace Invincible at Sea: Bangladesh Navy". Modern Ghana. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014.
- ^ "Myanmar brings warships to explore Bangladesh waters". The Daily Star. 3 August 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "BNS Abu Bakar, BNS Ali Haider de-commissioned". Dhaka Tribune. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
Publications[]
- Blackman, Raymond V.B. (1971). Jane's Fighting Ships 1971–72. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Critchley, Mike (1992). British Warships Since 1945: Part 5: Frigates. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Press. ISBN 0-907771-13-0.
- Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen, eds. (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Marriott, Leo (1983). Royal Navy Frigates 1945–1983. Shepperton, Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Ltd. ISBN 0-7110-1322-5.
- Ships built on the River Clyde
- Leopard-class frigates
- 1955 ships