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ROYAL MALAYSIAN NAVY (MALAYSIA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS

MAHAMIRU minehunters (1985)

Mahamiru 1990

Name

No

Yard No

Builder

Laid down

Launched

Comp

Fate

Mahamiru

11

 

Intermarine, Sarzana, Italy

30.3.1981

24.2.1983

11.12.1985

in service (2019)

Jerai

12

 

Intermarine, Sarzana, Italy

19.9.1981

8.12.1983

11.12.1985

in service (2019)

Ledang

13

 

Intermarine, Sarzana, Italy

7.4.1982

17.7.1983

11.12.1985

in service (2019)

Kinabalu

14

 

Intermarine, Sarzana, Italy

28.10.1982

19.3.1983

11.12.1985

in service (2019)

 

 

Displacement standard, t

570

Displacement full, t

610

Length, m

46.5 pp 51.0 oa

Breadth, m

9.56

Draught, m

2.75

No of shafts

2 / retractable auxiliary propellers

Machinery

2 MTU 16V396 TC82 diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

2600 / 240

Max speed, kts

16 / 7

Fuel, t

diesel oil 46

Endurance, nm(kts) 2000(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 315, 2x PAP-104 USV, Oropesa Mk 4 mechanical minesweeping gear, decompression chamber

Electronic equipment

Decca 1226 radar, TSM 2022 Mk 2 sonar

Complement

42

Project history: Modified Lerici type GRP minehunters, ordered in 1981. Differ from Italian sisters in propulsion and electronics.

Modernizations: 2007-08, Mahamiru, Ledang; 2015-16, Jerai, Kinabalu: - Decca 1226 radar, TSM 2022 Mk 2 sonar; + type 1007 radar, TSM 2022 Mk 3 sonar

Naval service: No significant events.

Kinabalu 2011

© Ivan Gogin, 2019