![]() KD Lekir (F26)
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Name | KD Lekir |
Builder | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft |
Launched | May 1983 |
Commissioned | August 1984 |
Status | In active service |
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Class and type | Kasturi-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,850 long tons (1,880 t) full load |
Length | 98 m (321 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
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Speed | 28 knots (32 mph; 52 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 mi (8,000 km) |
Complement | 124 |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Super Lynx 300 helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter 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]