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ROYAL MALAYSIAN NAVY (MALAYSIA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

MELEBAN utility landing craft (1979)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. Fate
Meleban     Brooke DY, Kuching   15.10.1977 1979 to Marine department as transport 1992

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

~600

Length, m

43.5 pp 50.0 oa

Breadth, m

 

Draught, m

1.37

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar D343T diesels

Power, h. p.

730

Max speed, kts

8

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

none

Military load

dry cargo

Electronic equipment presumably radar

Complement

 

Project history: Utility landing craft-transport. Intended as supply craft for Sarawak.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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