Ordered 28 June 1951 Commissioned 14 March 1957 Launched 12 January 1955 Builder John Brown & Company | Laid down 13 August 1953 Status scrapped 2017 Construction started 13 August 1953 Draft 3.61 m | |
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Fate Sold to Bangladesh 12 March 1982 | ||
HMS Lynx (F27), was a Leopard-class Type 41 anti aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy, named after the lynx.
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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.
Royal Navy Service
On commissioning Lynx was the leader of the 7th Frigate Squadron.
She attended the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review off Spithead.
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. She was decommissioned during a ceremony held in her homeport Chittagong on 22 January 2014. Name and number were taken by one of the two former Chinese JIANGHU III class frigates which reportedly had already begun their transfer voyage.
1982 Lieutenant Commander B.E.(Ted)Seath RN