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HANG TUAH frigate (1944/1964)


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Hang Tuah 1972  

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Hang Tuah (ex-Loch Insh) F433   Robb, Leith, UK 11/1943 10.5.1944 10.1944 // 12.10.1964 TS 4.1971, stricken 1977


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1435

Displacement full, t

2260

Length, m

87.2 pp 93.6 oa

Breadth, m

11.8

Draught, m

3.76 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

19.5

Fuel, t

oil 724

Endurance, nm(kts)

6400(10)

Armament

1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid ASWRL, helicopter deck

Electronic equipment

type 277 radar, type 144, type 147B sonars

Complement

177



Standard scale images


<i>Hang Tuah</i> 1970
Hang Tuah 1970


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<i>Hang Tuah </i>1972  
Hang Tuah 1972  


Project history

Former RN 'Loch' class frigate.

Modernizations 4.

1971, as TS: - 1 x 2 - 102/45, 1 x 2 - 40/60, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid ASWRL; + hangar

Naval service

No significant events.