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• Updated histories of KD Sundang, KD Panah

  KD Sundang – P36
  launched 22/05/1966
  commissioned November 1966
  Passed to APMM 2006
  KM Segantang – 3133
  retired APMM 2018
  passed APMM back to TLDM 10/06/2020
  OP Progran Start – ??? (MSET Shipyard Terengganu)
  accepted back to TLDM after OP program – 23/10/2023
  Recommissioned and officially renamed KD Sri Sabah 46 - 19/01/2024

  KD Panah – P42
  launched 10/10/1966
  commissioned July 1967
  Passed to APMM 2006
  KM Kukup – 3135
  retired APMM 2018
  passed APMM back to TLDM 10/06/2020
  OP Progran Start – ??? (MSET Shipyard terengganu)
  accepted back to TLDM after OP program – 07/12/2023
  Recommissioned and officially renamed KD Sri Sarawak 48 - 19/01/2024

  Original KD Sri Sabah – P3144
  launched 30/12/1963
  commissioned September 1964
  Passed to APMM 2006
  KM Labas – 3137
  retired APMM 2018 – scrapped

  Original KD Sri Sarawak – P3145
  launched 20/01/1964
  commissioned September 1964
  Passed to APMM 2006
  KM Sipadan – 3131
  retired APMM 2018 – sunk artificial reef off Pulau Tioman

  KD Sri Perlis – P47
  launched 26/05/1967
  commissioned 28/01/1968
  OP program start 11/08/2020 (Preston shipyard)
  accepted back to TLDM after OP program – 24/09/2021

  KD Sri Johor – P49
  launched 21/08/1967
  commissioned 14/02/1968
  OP program start – 31/10/2022 (Preston shipyard)
  accepted back to TLDM after OP program – 23/07/2023

• 1)First LCS Maharajalela will be launch in the water this May.

  2)Procurement of four SAR helicopter approved for the Malaysia Coast Guard.

  Its a good start for this year perhaps.

• Basically 1/3rd the cost of a brand new ship like the NGPC.

  Those vospers, with new engines and electrics, would probably be serviceable for 20-30 more years with regular maintenance.

  Still, i would like to know what is the long term plans for all these OP ships? All the FACs with new ECU equipped diesel engines, electrical systems would be serviceable for 10-20 years. What is the long term plan for the Laksamanas? One is fully rehulled (KD Laksamana Mohd Amin) so that is effectively a brand new ship using the identity of the old one (as is the KD Perkasa). If KD Perkasa was operational for 40+ years, the reincarnated KD Perkasa with totally new hull (probably the only thing transferred from the old KD Perkasa was the 57mm and 40mm bofors) should be capable to operate for 40 more years into the future.

  If the 2 vospers OP at MSET cost RM18 million each, i assume the cost for KD sri perlis and KD sri johor is less as they are maintained as fully operational ships before their OP was undertaken (shorter time to complete their OP too). Would like to know the costs for KD Perkasa too if possible...

  @ anon

  Good news 👍

• Intrim measures.

  If these vosper OP are intrim measures, what is the permanent plan for new vessels to undertake the 13 squadron mission in patrolling Sabah waters around the ESSCOM area?

  Bigger ships such as OPV and Corvettes are probably too large for this mission. Pass this mission to APMM in the future? Get something low cost of 50-55m in length like my proposed LMS-X instead of LMS Corvette?
  https://www.malaysiandefence.com/lcs-lms-batch-2-and-radome/#comment-884436

• According to the admiral LCS sea trials in May or June. Boleh caya ke?

• Things in the Pipeline to boost our Naval Presence in SCS:
  1) Additional 18 FA-50
  2) x2 ATR72
  3) x3 CN235 converted to MPA's
  4) Two Long Range Radar in Borneo
  5) x3 ANKA MALE UAS
  6) x12 Boeing Scan Eagle UAV
  7) x5 LCS
  8) x3 LMS
  9) x2 PC's re-commissioned above & x4 Laksamana Class refitting
  10) MMEA OPV1-comissioned x2 OPV to go
  11) x3 AW139 for RMN
  12) x4 helicopters for MMEA & x1 Mother Ships
  13) x18 SPH for the Army
  14) New Bintulu Naval Base

  Many more I know, but after listing above I think we started to see some improvements.

  • The Laksamana class will not be sent to Sabah/Sarawak.

• Another news was a Navyman got caught in a supply scandal

• Marhalim, if a ship has not completed the design works, which I am guessing means the physical works on the ship has not yet finished, can it actually be ready for sea trials as the Admiral has claimed?

  • The design work which is not completed for the LCS is the production design work, which is the work to translate the design work into the production. This must be done as the ship is being build as it is the first one.

    So perhaps the admiral is right. As I had said before the industry people had already said the ship will float when it is put into water. Whether it will work as the design, is something they must confirmed.

• launched and in the water ≠ sea trials

  ships are regularly launched even when they are not yet fully completed. after they are launched, they will be tied alongside with further fitting and finishing works done to them. After that is completed, then sea trials will begin. After all trials are completed then it is handed over to the customer, and officially commissioned.

  This is an example. Below are the pictures of UAE second Gowind corvette, Al-Emarat when it was officially launched and floated in the water. You can clearly see that is is far from completed at this stage.

  https://www.malaysiandefence.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/UAEG4-scaled.jpeg

  https://www.malaysiandefence.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/UAEG2.jpeg

  If LCS Maharaja Lela could be really launched by mid of this year (the original 24 august 2017 launch was a scam. Just to meet the deadline to get payments done -https://www.malaysiandefence.com/no-quarter/ ), then it will have 2 years to go before planned commissioning date. Should be enough time to complete the ship.

• If not mistaken weapon integration is done when are launch launched. It also mean that BNS yard has free capacity to build LMS2.

  Sure we can import the LMS2, but then we would merry go round again with BNS in debt, skilled workers left, then we give them another contract down the lines and they couldn't get it done. Then we import and around and around we go.