Kasturi-class corvette

KD Lekir (F26) with USS Bunker Hill
Class overview
Name	Kasturi class
Builders	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Operators	Royal Malaysian Navy
Preceded by	Laksamana class
Completed	2
Active	2
General characteristics
Type	FS 1500 corvette
Displacement	1850 tons full load
Length	98 m (322 ft)
Beam	11.5 m (38 ft)
Draft	3.5 m (11 ft)
Propulsion	4 × MTU 20V 1163 TB92 diesels 23,460 bhp (17,490 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	124
Sensors and processing systems	TACTICOS Combat Management System Thales Link Y Mk 2.5 DA-08 search radar WM-22 fire control radar DSQS-24C sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	DR3000S ESM suite Scimitar jammers SKWS decoys
Armament	Guns: 1 × Bofors 57 mm gun 2 × MSI DS30B 30 mm cannon Anti-air: MANPAD SAM Anti-ship: 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 2 Anti-submarine: 2 × triple Eurotorp B515 with A244-S ASW torpedoes
Aircraft carried	1 x Super Lynx 300
Aviation facilities	Helicopter landing platform

The Kasturi-class corvettes are two ships of the Royal Malaysian Navy, KD Kasturi and KD Lekir. They were acquired in the mid-1980s. The two ships constitute the Royal Malaysian Navy's 22nd Corvette Squadron, their homeport being Lumut. After about 25 years of service, they underwent an extensive modernisation known as Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) starting in 2009, enabling them to be employed for another 10 to 15 years. They have since been returned to active duty.

The two ships of the class are named after Hang Kasturi and Hang Lekir, two heroic figures from the Malay 15th-century epic narrative Hikayat Hang Tuah. They share this characteristic with the two Lekiu-class frigates, KD Lekiu and KD Jebat, as well as the old frigate-turned-training ship KD Hang Tuah, all of which are named after figures from the epic as well.