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Kasturi 2002

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Kasturi	F25		Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany	3.1.1983	14.5.1983	15.8.1984	in service (2019)
Lekir	F26		Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany	3.1.1983	14.5.1983	15.8.1984	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1600
Displacement full, t	2100
Length, m	91.8 pp 97.3 oa
Breadth, m	11.3
Draught, m	3.70
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 MTU 20V1163 TB82 diesels
Power, h. p.	23000
Max speed, kts	28
Fuel, t	diesel oil 200
Endurance, nm(kts)	5000(14)
Armament	2 x 2 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 1 - 100/55 Creusot-Loire Compact, 1 x 1 - 57/70 SAK-57 Mk 1, 2 x 2 - 30/75 Emerlec EX-30, 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, helicopter deck
Electronic equipment	Decca 1226, DA08, WM22 radars, 2x LIOD e/o systems, DSQS-21C sonar, Rapids, Scimitar ECM suites, 2x Dagaie decoy RL, SEWACO MA CCS
Complement	128

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Project history

FS1500 design, ordered in 1981. Planned building of the second pair was cancelled. Rated as corvettes in Malaysian navy. Telescoping hangar for small Wasp-size helicopter may be installed.

Modernizations

1994, both: - 1 x 1 - 100/55; + 1 x 1 - 100/55 Cresot-Loire Compact Mk 2

2001-2002, both: - 2 x 2 MM38 Exocet SSM, Rapids ECM suite; + 2 x 4 MM40 Exocet Block IIA SSM (8 MM40 Block IIA), DR3000 ECM suite

2013, Kasturi; 2014, Lekir: - 1 x 1 - 100/55, 2 x 2 - 30/75, 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, Decca 1226 radar, DSQS-21C sonar, DR3000 ECM suite, 2x Dagaie decoy RL, SEWACO MA CCS; + 2 x 1 - 30/75 DS-30B, 2 x 3 - 324 B-515 TT (6 A244/S), type 1007 radar, Mirador e/o system, DSQS-24C sonar, DR3000S ECM suite, 2x SKWS decoy RL, TACTICOS CCS; helicopter deck was extended aft to embark Fennec helicopter

Naval service

No significant events.