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Revision as of 18:27, 9 June 2014
KD Jebat moored in Sydney Harbour in October 2013
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, UK |
Operators | Royal Malaysian Navy |
Completed | 2 |
Active | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | F2000 |
Displacement | 2,270 tons full load |
Length | 106 m (348 ft) |
Beam | 12.75 m (41.8 ft) |
Draught | 3.08 m (10.1 ft) |
Propulsion | 4 × MTU 20V 1163 TB93 diesel engines, 24.5MW, Twin shafts with Kamewa controllable pitch propellers |
Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) |
Complement | 146 with 18 officers |
Sensors and processing systems | list error: <br /> list (help) Combat System: BAE Systems Insyte Nautis F combat data system Search radar: Ericsson Sea Giraffe Surface search radar G and H bands (PESA |
Electronic warfare & decoys | list error: <br /> list (help) ESM: BAE Mentor-A ECM: Thales Defense Scimitar |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × Bofors 57 mm gun 2 × MSI DS30M 30mm cannon 16 × VLS Sea Wolf SAM 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 2 SSM 2 × triple Eurotorp B515 with A244-S ASW torpedoes |
Aircraft carried | 1 × Super Lynx 300 |
Aviation facilities | list error: <br /> list (help) Stern hangar Helicopter landing platform |
The Lekiu-class frigates are presently the most capable surface combatants of the Royal Malaysian Navy. The class comprises two vessels, F29 KD Jebat and F30 KD Lekiu. The class is named after the second ship of the class which was launched earlier than the Jebat.
The ships were built in the UK by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Glasgow (now BAE Systems Surface Ships) from the company's standard F2000 light frigate design. The Lekiu was launched in December 1994 while the Jebat was launched in May 1995. The Jebat carries the lower pennant number (F 29) to signify the seniority of this ship, which accommodates the Admiral of the Royal Malaysian Navy. (Hang Jebat succeeded Hang Tuah as Laksamana (Admiral) during the Melaka Sultanate, while Hang Lekiu was never made a Laksamana.)
The purchase of the two ships of the Lekiu class involved a major transfer of technology programme as well as an offset programme where some portion of the contract value would involve purchases and services contracted to Malaysian companies.
Delivery and operational status were delayed due to integration of combat systems problems. The ships were commissioned in March and May 1999. The ships represented a huge jump in capability compared to the frigates then operated by the Royal Malaysian Navy, the F24 KD Rahmat and F76 KD Hang Tuah (ex-HMS Mermaid).
Both F29 KD Jebat and F30 KD Lekiu serve in the 23 Frigate Squadron of the Royal Malaysian Navy [1]
Delays
The Lekiu class faced serious delays due to difficulties in the systems integrations of the weapons and weapons control system (i.e., software problems). These problems were eventually overcome and the delivery and commissioning of the two ships was completed in 7 October and 10 November 1999.
Plans for further ships
Malaysian Minister of Defence Najib Tun Razak announced at the 2006 Farnborough Air Show that Malaysia would be buying two frigates from the United Kingdom under Project Brave. [2] The Evening Times reported on 20 July 2006 that the Clyde shipyard has won a contract to build two Jebat [sic] class warships for Malaysia. [3] [4]
The two ships were to have been completed at Sabah Shipyard as a condition of the deal, but were cancelled in August 2009.
See Also
Nakhoda Ragam Class Offshore Patrol Vessel - Three other F2000 derived ships initially ordered for the Royal Brunei Navy but eventually purchased by the Indonesian Navy.