HMS Lynx (F27)

History
United Kingdom
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
History
Bangladesh
Name: BNS Abu Bakar
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:
  • 2 × type 12 E 390V diesels; 14,400 hp (m) (10.6MW) sustained
  • 2 shafts
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range: 2,200 miles (3,500 km) at 18 kts
Complement: 200 (22 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Radar System:
    • Surface/Air search: Type 960
    • Air search: Type 965 AKE-1
    • Type 293/993 target indication radar
    • Navigation: Type 974 /978
    • Fire control: Type 275 on director Mark 6M
  • Sonar system:
    • Type 174 search sonar
    • Type 164 attack sonar
Armament:
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 Bakar. She was decommissioned and scrapped in 2014.

Royal Navy Service

On commissioning Lynx was the leader of the 7th Frigate Squadron.[1]

She attended the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review off Spithead.[2]

Commanding officers

[3]

FromToCaptain
19571957Captain J M D Gray OBE RN
19581960Captain William G Meeke RN
19601961Captain Robin A Begg RN
19631965Captain Peter M Austin RN
19651966Captain Peter G R Mitchell MVO RN
19711974Commander Christopher (Kit) Layman RN
19771979Lieutenant Commander G A Cole MBE RN
1982Lieutenant Commander B.E.(Ted)Seath RN

Bangladeshi Navy Service

She was transferred to the Bangladeshi Navy 12 March 1982 and renamed BNS Abu Bakar. She was assigned to the Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN). About 200 personnel served aboard Abu Bakar, with most living aboard her.[4] She was decommissioned during a ceremony held in her homeport Chittagong on 22 January 2014.[5] She was replaced by a Chinese Type 053H2 frigate with the same name and pennant number.


See also

References

  1. ↑ Navy List, HMSO, January 1958
  2. ↑ Official Souvenir Programme, 1977. Silver Jubilee Fleet Review, HMSO
  3. ↑ Royal Navy Senior Appointments, Colin Mackie
  4. ↑ http://www.modernghana.com/newsp/215745/5/pagenum3/in-war-and-peace-invincible-at-sea-bangladesh-navy.html
  5. ↑ "BNS Abu Bakar, BNS Ali Haider de-commissioned". Dhaka Tribune. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.

Publications

  • 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. OCLC 67375475.
  • Marriott, Leo, 1983. Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983, Ian Allen Ltd. ISBN 07110 1322 5
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