KD Maharaja Lela (2501)

	The Egyptian Navy corvette ENS El Fateh to which the KD Maharaja Lela would be a heavier version of it.
History
Malaysia
Name	KD Maharaja Lela
Namesake	Dato Maharaja Lela
Builder	Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC) (Primary shipbuilder); Naval Group (Design authority);
Launched	24 August 2017
Status	Launched
General characteristics
Class and type	Maharaja Lela-class frigate
Displacement	3,100 long tons (3,150 t) full load
Length	111 m (364 ft 2 in)
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draught	3.85 m (12 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	CODAD 4 x MTU 20V 1163 M94, each rated at 7,400 kW (9,925 shp), total output: 29,600 kW (39,694 shp)
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h)
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	138
Sensors and ; processing systems	Combat system: Naval Group SETIS; Search radar: Thales SMART-S Mk2; Fire control radar: Rheinmetall TMEO Mk2 electro-optical tracking system & TMX/EO Mk2; Sonar: Thales TUS ASW suite: Kingklip Mk.1 hull-mounted sonar & CAPTAS-2 towed array sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	RESM: Thales Vigile; DLS: Wallop Super Barricade decoy launching system;
Armament	Guns: 1 × Bofors 57 mm gun; 2 × MSI DS30M 30 mm cannon; Anti-air: 16 × VL MICA in Sylver VLS (planned); Anti-ship: 8 × Naval Strike Missile SSM; Anti-submarine: 2 × triple J+S torpedo launcher;
Aircraft carried	Various types of UAVs and helicopters, weighing up to 10 tons
Aviation facilities	Stern hangar and helicopter landing platform
Notes

KD Maharaja Lela is the lead ship of Maharaja Lela-class frigate built locally by Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC) based on Naval Group's Gowind-class design.^[2] She is named after Maharaja Lela, in honour of the Perak chieftain and British colonialism resistance leader, Dato Maharaja Lela.

Development[edit]

Under a contract valued of RM9 billion, BHIC was contracted to build a total of six class of this ship for RMN. Each of the ships are equipped with warfare capabilities for electronic, air, surface and underwater threats, integrated with state-of-the-art systems. Maharaja Lela was launched on 24 August 2017 by Queen of Perak, Tuanku Zara Salim, witnessed by Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah at the BHIC Shipyard in Lumut, Perak.^[3]