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ROYAL MALAYSIAN NAVY (MALAYSIA)

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KASTURI light frigates (1984)

Kasturi 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Kasturi F25   Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany 3.1.1983 14.5.1983 15.8.1984 in service (2019)
Lekir F26   Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany 3.1.1983 14.5.1983 15.8.1984 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

1600

Displacement full, t

2100

Length, m

91.8 pp 97.3 oa

Breadth, m

11.3

Draught, m

3.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 MTU 20V1163 TB82 diesels

Power, h. p.

23000

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil 200

Endurance, nm(kts)

5000(14)

Armament

2 x 2 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 1 - 100/55 Creusot-Loire Compact, 1 x 1 - 57/70 SAK-57 Mk 1, 2 x 2 - 30/75 Emerlec EX-30, 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, helicopter deck

Electronic equipment

Decca 1226, DA08, WM22 radars, 2x LIOD e/o systems, DSQS-21C sonar, Rapids, Scimitar ECM suites, 2x Dagaie decoy RL, SEWACO MA CCS

Complement

128

Project history: FS1500 design, ordered in 1981. Planned building of the second pair was cancelled. Rated as corvettes in Malaysian navy. Telescoping hangar for small Wasp-size helicopter may be installed.

Modernizations: 1994, both: - 1 x 1 - 100/55; + 1 x 1 - 100/55 Cresot-Loire Compact Mk 2

2001-2002, both: - 2 x 2 MM38 Exocet SSM, Rapids ECM suite; + 2 x 4 MM40 Exocet Block IIA SSM (8 MM40 Block IIA), DR3000 ECM suite

2013, Kasturi; 2014, Lekir: - 1 x 1 - 100/55, 2 x 2 - 30/75, 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, Decca 1226 radar, DSQS-21C sonar, DR3000 ECM suite, 2x Dagaie decoy RL, SEWACO MA CCS; + 2 x 1 - 30/75 DS-30B, 2 x 3 - 324 B-515 TT (6 A244/S), type 1007 radar, Mirador e/o system, DSQS-24C sonar, DR3000S ECM suite, 2x SKWS decoy RL, TACTICOS CCS; helicopter deck was extended aft to embark Fennec helicopter

Naval service: No significant events.

Kasturi 2002

Kasturi 2013

© Ivan Gogin, 2019