KD Lekir (F-26)

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KD Lekir (F26)
History
Naval Ensign of Malaysia.svgMalaysia
NameKD Lekir
Builder Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
LaunchedMay 1983
CommissionedAugust 1984
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Class and type Kasturi-class corvette
Displacement1,850 long tons (1,880 t) full load
Length98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam11.5 m (37 ft 9 in)
Draught3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 × MTU 20V 1163 TB92 diesels
  • 23,460  bhp (17,490 kW)
  • 2 shafts
Speed28 knots (32 mph; 52 km/h)
Range5,000 mi (8,000 km)
Complement124
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • DR3000S ESM suite
  • Scimitar jammers
  • SKWS decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Super Lynx 300 helicopter
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter landing platform

KD Lekir is the second ship of Kasturi-class corvette currently serving in the Royal Malaysian Navy. Together with her sister ship Kasturi, Lekir serves in the 22nd Corvette Squadron of the Royal Malaysian Navy. [1]

Construction and career

Lekir was built by the German Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) shipyard. She was launched on 14 May 1983 and commissioned on 15 August 1984. [2]

In October 2011, Lekir underwent an extensive modernisation known as Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) and it was completed in November 2014. [3] Like her sister ship Kasturi, the upgraded consisted of TACTICOS Combat Management System from Thales to replaced the older Signaal SEWACO MA command system. The are also DR3000S Electronic Support Measures suite and Therma SKWS Decoy Launching System installed. The DA-08 search radar and the WM22 fire control radar were overhauled and the Thales MIRADOR electro-optical sensor replaced the Signaal LIOD optronic director. For anti-submarine warfare, a DSQS-24C hull-mounted sonar from Atlas Elektronik was installed to complement the new torpedo-launch capabilities. [4]

During Exercise Taming Sari 21/2022 that took place between 16 and 20 May 2022 in the Strait of Malacca, Lekir live-fired an Exocet missile. [5]

KD Lekir fired the Exocet MM40 missile during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise that took place between 29 June untill 4 August 2022 off Hawaii.

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References

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