KD Maharaja Lela is the lead ship of Maharaja Lela-class frigate built locally by Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC), and later Lumut Naval Shipyard, based on enlarged version of Naval Group's Gowind-class design.[2] She is named after Maharaja Lela, in honour of the Perak chieftain and British colonialism resistance leader, Dato Maharaja Lela.
.jpg) The Egyptian Navy corvette ENS El Fateh to which the KD Maharaja Lela would be a heavier version of it.
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| Name | KD Maharaja Lela |
| Namesake | Dato Maharaja Lela |
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| Laid down | 8 March 2016 |
| Launched | 24 August 2017 |
| Identification | Hull number: 2501 |
| Status | Sea trials |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Maharaja Lela-class frigate |
| Displacement | 3,100 long tons (3,150 t) full load |
| Length | 111 m (364 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 16 m (52 ft 6 in) |
| Draught | 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | CODAD 4 x MTU 20V 1163 M94, each rated at 7,400 kW (9,925 shp), total output: 29,600 kW (39,694 shp) |
| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Range | 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 138 |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Aircraft carried | Various types of UAVs and helicopters, weighing up to 10 tons |
| Aviation facilities | Stern hangar and helicopter landing platform |
| Notes | [1] |
Construction
editUnder a contract valued of RM9 billion, BHIC was contracted to build a total of six class of this ship for RMN. Each of the ships are equipped with warfare capabilities for electronic, air, surface and underwater threats, integrated with state-of-the-art systems.
The ship's construction was started on 3 December 2014 with the first steel cut at the IHC Metalix facility in Kinderdijk, Netherlands. The materials were then shipped to Malaysia.[3] Another steel cutting ceremony took place on 12 June 2015 at the then-BHIC Shipyard in Lumut, Perak.[4] The ship was laid down on 8 March 2016.[5][6]
The frigate was officially named as KD Maharaja Lela and was launched on 24 August 2017 by Queen of Perak, Tuanku Zara Salim, witnessed by Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah at the BHIC Shipyard in Lumut, Perak.[7]
References
edit- ^ "LIMA 2015 update". Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- ^ "Malaysian Ministry of Defence Confirms Construction of Gowind ships for LCS program". navyrecognition.com. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
- ^ "UPACARA FIRST STEEL CUTTING PROJEK LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS) TLDM DI KINDERDIJK, BELANDA PADA 3 DIS 14". navy.mil.my (in Malay). 4 December 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Rahmat, Ridzwan (15 June 2015). "Boustead cuts steel on Malaysia's first littoral combat ship". janes.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ Abas, Marhalim (4 March 2016). "Keel Laying Ceremony for 1st LCS". malaysiandefence.com. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ Abas, Marhalim (8 March 2016). "Keel Laying Ceremony for 1st LCS, Part 2". malaysiandefence.com. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "RMN Launched Its First LCS, Maharaja Lela". navyrecognition.com. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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