Littoral Mission Ship

Class overview
Builders: Boustead Naval Shipyard Malaysia China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Co. Ltd
Operators:  Royal Malaysian Navy
Planned: 18[1]
Building: 4
General characteristics
Type: Littoral Mission Ship (LMS)[2]
Displacement: 780 tons
Length: 69 m (226 ft)
Beam: 9 m (30 ft)
Draught: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
Speed: 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph)
Range: 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi)
Endurance: 15 days
Complement: 45 (8 officers 37 men)
Sensors and
processing systems:

search radar:SR-47AG

fire control radar:HEOS-100 & HEOS-300
Armament:

Gun: 2 x H/PJ-17 30mm

FFBNW:missile,torpedo and mine
Aircraft carried: 1 medium size helicopter (RLMS version)
Aviation facilities: Flight deck, no hangar (RLMS version)

The Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) is a class of large patrol vessels of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) with the length of 69m and displacing 780 tons. A total of 18 ships of this class are planned. As of 2018, four ships have been funded by the Malaysian government.[3]

Development

The ships will be built by Malaysian and China companies under the joint development agreement. Malaysia and China agreed to jointly develop a littoral mission ship and, two ships will be built in China by China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co (CSOC), the rest will be built in Malaysia by local company Boustead Naval Shipyard.[4] The first ship will be delivered by 2019, the second and third by 2020 and the fourth by 2021.[5][6]

Armament

All ships are planned to be armed with various weapons according to the role, such as a main gun, missile and torpedo launchers. The LMS will be able carry up to three standard ISO containers for mission modules including mine warfare, hydrography and ISR duties.[2]

Improved Design

Revolutionary Littoral Mission Ship (RLMS)

Local company Boustead Sdn. Bhd. has revealed a newer design of the LMS in 'Defence Service Asia 2018' (DSA 2018) named Revolutionary Littoral Mission Ship (RLMS). The design will be more than 75 m in length and will incorporate new capabilities to fulfill the Royal Malaysian Navy's requirement.It will have low radar cross section where Boustead has already improved their stealth design and the addition of a flight deck to accommodate a medium size helicopter.This new design of LMS will be offered by Boustead to the Royal Malaysian navy for the next batch of LMS after all the four early design LMS was jointly made by Malaysian and Chinese companies. A total of 18 ships of this class will be ordered by the Royal Malaysian Navy.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Malaysia aims to replace all 50 ships in navy". straitstimes.com. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "15 to 5 and LMS Updates". malaysiandefence.com. 8 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  3. ↑ https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/malaysia/kd-lms.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.malaysiandefence.com/more-on-the-lms-68/
  5. ↑ https://thediplomat.com/2017/02/malaysias-new-china-warship-deal-promises-and-prospects/
  6. ↑ http://www.malaysiandefence.com/lms-steel-cutting/
  7. ↑ https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/dsa-2018-malaysia-looks-beyond-china-next-gen-lms/
  8. ↑ https://www.janes.com/article/79285/dsa-2018-malaysia-s-boustead-leverages-chinese-know-how-in-lms-programme
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