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RAHMAT frigate (1971)

Rahmat 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Rahmat (ex-Hang Jebat) F24   Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK 2/1966 18.12.1967 31.8.1971 TS 7.2002, preserved 9.2004

 

Displacement standard, t

1290

Displacement full, t

1600

Length, m

94.0

Breadth, m

10.4

Draught, m

3.05

No of shafts

2

Machinery

CODOG: 1 Crossley-Pielstick SPC2V diesel / 1 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-1B gas turbine

Power, h. p.

3850 / 19500

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

diesel /  gas turbine oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

5200(16.5)

Armament

1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS-21 SAM (8 Sea Cat), 1 x 1 - 120/45 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL, helicopter deck

Electronic equipment

Decca 626, LW02, M22, M44 radars, type 170B, type 174 sonars

Complement

120

Project history: Ordered in 1966. There was no provision for helicopter with hatch covering over the Limbo well forming the flight deck. Ship also had unusual machinery layout with gas turbine and diesel driving into one gearbox, which, in turn, driven two propeller shafts.

Modernizations: 1982: - 1 x 4 Sea Cat SAM, M44 radar; + 1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350

1993: + MS32 radar, UA-3 ECM suite

1997: - LW-02 radar

Naval service: No significant events.

Rahmat 1972

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