Laksamana-class corvette

Laksamana Muhammad Amin during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercises
Class overview
Name:	Laksamana class
Builders:	Fincantieri
Operators:	Royal Malaysian Navy
Completed:	4
Active:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Corvette
Displacement:	675 tons full load
Length:	62.3 m (204 ft 5 in)
Beam:	9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
Draught:	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:	4 diesels 4 shafts developing 20,400 bhp (15,200 kW)
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h)
Range:	2,300 nautical miles (4,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:	56
Sensors and processing systems:	RAN-12 air/surface search radar Kelvin Hughes 1007 navigation radar Diodon hull Sonar 2 RTN-10X fire control
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Gamma suite SCLAR chaff
Armament:	1 × 76 mm Oto Melara 1 × DARDO CIWS 12 × Aspide SAM 6 × Otomat Mk 2 SSM 2 × triple Eurotorp B515

The Laksamana class is a class of small missile corvettes comprising 4 ships currently in service with the Royal Malaysian Navy.

The Laksamana-class corvettes were originally purchased by the Iraqi Navy as the Assad-class corvettes, but whose delivery were delayed and later cancelled following international sanctions against Iraq following the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.

In October 1995 the Malaysian Ministry of Finance signed a contract with Italian company Fincantieri for the supply of two 650-ton missile corvettes for the Royal Malaysian Navy. A further two missile corvettes were ordered in February 1997. Some specific aspects of the ships' design were modified and the ships were refitted to meet the requirements of the Royal Malaysian Navy.

It is based on the Fincantieri Type 550 corvette design.

The first two ships, named KD Laksamana Hang Nadim and KD Laksamana Tun Abdul Jamil, were commissioned in July 1997. The second two, named KD Laksamana Muhammed Amin and KD Laksamana Tan Pusmah, were delivered in July 1999.

The ships are all named after famous Malay warriors who have earned the title Laksamana during their lifetimes. ("Laksamana" would translate as an Admiral in modern usage, but in the Malay Sultanates, the title would be more as a minister of the realm (a warrior) who is responsible for defense of the realm. The Laksamana is the second most senior position the Malay court, lower only to the Bendahara)

The four ships of the class are:

All 4 ships of the Laksamana class are presently serving in the 24th corvette Squadron of the Royal Malaysian Navy.

The Laksamana class is armed with the MBDA Otomat Mark 2/Teseo long-range sea-skimming missile with six missile launchers installed on the stern deck, three pointing to port and three pointing starboard. The missiles are armed with a 210 kg (460 lb) high-explosive warhead, fitted with impact and proximity fuses. The speed of the missile is Mach 0.9 and the range is 120 km (75 mi).