Today's protagonist is still the Southeast Asian Navy, as Malaysia in the middle of Southeast Asia's power, consisting of two regions, West Malaysia and East Malaysia, West Malaysia is located in the south of the Malay Peninsula, and East Malaysia is located in the north of Kalimantan Island. East And West Malaysia, which are separated on both sides, bring 4,192 km of coastline to Malaysia, and the Malaysian Navy is divided into two naval districts, East and West, with a naval fleet that is very powerful in Southeast Asia, including today's protagonist, the Malaysian Navy's Laxamana-class frigates.
Geographical location of Malaysia
The Malaysian Navy surface ship unit built by all nations
Speaking of the surface ships of the Malaysian Navy, there is a sense of national construction, including the works of many naval giants such as Britain, France, Germany, Italy and so on. Major ships include the French Maharaja Leela-class frigate (prototype French Wind Chaser Type 2500 frigate), the British Leku-class frigate (prototype british BAE F2000 frigate), the German-made Ketak-class frigate (MEKO-100RMN scheme), the Chinese-made Littoral Mission Ship (LMS), and today's protagonist, the Italian Laxamana-class frigate (prototype Italian Assad-class frigate).
Keris, the first ship of the Chinese-built Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) of the Malaysian Navy
The tragic fate of the Assad-class frigate
The Assad-class frigates were first-class foreign trade corvettes developed by the Italian Navy and exported a total of 10 ships, four of which were exported to the Libyan Navy between 1977 and 1979, and one of which was later sunk by the U.S. Navy. The other six were originally ordered from the Italian shipyard by the Iraqi saddam government in 1981, but the grinding dragged on until the eve of the Gulf War. As soon as the Shell of the Gulf War was fired, the Italian government rioted and detained the 6 Assad-class frigates, and also transferred the 4 "Sucre" class frigates ordered by the Iraqi Navy (the improved version of the Italian Navy's Wolf-class frigate) directly into its own navy in 1996.
Wolf-class frigate in service with the Peruvian Navy
The Malaysian Navy that took over the plate
After all, 6 Assad-class frigates have been built and launched, probably because the tonnage is too small, only 600 tons, the Italian Navy did not include these 6 corvettes, but continued to sell internationally, and finally in 1999, the Malaysian Navy took over 4 of the 6 ships, which were rearmed and delivered to the Malaysian Navy, called Laxamarna-class frigates. The remaining two (F210 Nasser and F212 Ziyad) also returned to the arms of the Iraqi Navy after 34 years of immersion (all six Assad-class ships were launched in 1983), bearing in mind that the Iraqi Navy proposed the idea of taking back these two ships in 2005, which was enough for 12 years of arduous business negotiations.
True soaking ship
The small tonnage, but very strong Laxamana class
Although the Laxamana-class frigates are 600-ton corvettes, it is not an exaggeration to call them large missile boats, but they are very fierce in firepower. In terms of artillery, there is an Otto Melera 76 mm naval gun at the bow and a Breda 40 mm naval gun in the side of the ship, an Italian-made 4-piece "Aspend" short-range ship-to-air missile launcher for air defense, and an anti-ship with 6 single-mounted Italian "Ottomat" anti-ship missile launch boxes (with a range of 120 km) scattered on the stern. The Laxamana class even has a certain anti-submarine capability, and a three-piece 324 mm ILAS-3 torpedo launcher is arranged on both sides of the ship's stern, which can fire a white-headed A244S light anti-submarine torpedo, and overall, the anti-ship anti-aircraft anti-submarine capability is both, and it belongs to the leader of the 600-ton light protection.
In terms of power, the Laxamana-class frigates are equipped with four German-made MTU diesel engines, with a total power of 14.8 MW and a maximum speed of 36 knots, which can be called high-speed light escort, while the maximum cruising range is as high as 4,000 nautical miles, which is enough to meet the needs of the Malaysian Navy's offshore escort patrols.
| Displacement | Standard displacement 600 tons Full load displacement 675 tons |
| Length | 62.4 meters |
| width | 9.3 meters |
| Deep draft | 2.8 meters |
The design is still good