Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Lekiu

IOC: 1999
Total Production: 2

Origin
United Kingdom

Guided Missiles:
MM40 Exocet (8)

SAM & ABM Missiles:
Seawolf VL (16)

Aircraft, Vehicles & Crafts:
Super Lynx 300

Guns & Missile Launchers:
57mm Mk3

Protection Systems:
Nautis 2

Description: The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Lekiu-class of light frigates have been designed for anti-submarine (ASuW) and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) with outstanding self-defense capability against airborne threats posed by fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft and anti-ship missiles. Two ships were built in the United Kingdom in the mid-1990s and commissioned by the RMN in 1999. They feature a sophisticated sensor package including DA-08 air search radar, DSQS-21C hull mounted sonar and Nautis 2 combat management system.

The Lekiu-class corvettes' weapon package comprises eight MM40 Exocet anti-ship missiles, 16 SeaWolf Vertical Launch (VL) surface-to-air missile which provides point defense against aircraft and missiles, on 57mm Mk3 gun, two 30mm anti-aircraft guns, and two triple 12.75-in torpedo tubes. Besides, an aft flight deck and hangar permit operation of a single Super Lynx 300 helicopter. The propulsion system consists of two diesel engines with two shafts developing 16,000-shp and allowing a maximum speed of 27 knots.

Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 138

Guns: Main Gun Caliber 57 mm

Number of Weapons: 24

Dimensions: Beam 12.8 m, Draft 3 m, Length 106 m

Weights: Full Displacement 2,270 t

Performance: Top Speed 27 kt (50 kph)

Power: Power 16,000 shp

Operators

Malaysia / 2

Ships

29 Jebat

Commissioning: 1999

30 Lekiu

Commissioning: 1999

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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