KEDAH CLASS ( MEKO 100 ) ROYAL MALAYSIAN NAVY

Name:	Kedah Class OPV
Builders:	Blohm + Voss/Howaldtswerke, German Naval Group (GNG) and Boustead Naval Dockyard (Formerly PCS-ND)

Pennant	Name	Laid down	Shipyard	Launched	Commissioned
F171	Kedah	November 13, 2001	Blohm + Voss	March 21, 2003	June 5, 2006
F172	Pahang	December 21, 2001	Howaldtswerke	October 2, 2003	August 3, 2006
F173	Perak	March 2002	PSC-Naval Dockyard	November 12, 2007	June 3, 2009
F174	Terengganu	August 2004	PSC-Naval Dockyard	December 6, 2007	December 8, 2009
F175	Kelantan	July 2005	PSC-Naval Dockyard	November 24, 2008	May 8, 2010
F176	Selangor	July 2006	PSC-Naval Dockyard	July 23, 2009

General characteristics
Type:	MEKO 100 RMN
Displacement:	1,650 tons full load
Length:	91.1 metres
Beam:	12.85 metres
Draught:	3.4 metres
Propulsion:	Main Propulsion: 2x Caterpillar 3616 (5450kW) diesel, 16000 bhp, 2 shafts, 2 controllable pitch propellers, CAE Integrated Platform Management System
Speed:	22+ kts
Range:	6050nm@12knots
Endurance:	21 days
Complement:	78 (accom. for 98)
Sensors and processing systems:	Combat System: Atlas Elektronik COSYS-110 M1/ARGOS Search radar:EADS TRS-3D/ 16ES Navigation radar: Fire control radars:Oerlikon Contraves TMX/EO electro-optic fire director Thermal Imager: Rheinmetall TMEO Mk2 Integrated Communications System:
Electronic warfare and decoys:	ESM: Thales Sceptre-X ECM: Decoy: Sippican ALEX/SRBOC chaff / decoy launching system
Armament:	Guns : 1 x 76mm 62cal OTO Melara Rapid DP 1 x Oto Melara / Mauser 30mm short-range gun 2 x 12.7 Machine Guns Sonar: L-3 ELAC Nautik NDS-3060 Obstacle Avoidance sonar
Aircraft carried:	1 x Super Lynx 300 or Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk