KD Selangor (F176)

KD Selangor on 28 July 2012
History
Malaysia
Name	Selangor
Namesake	Selangor
Builder	BHIC, Kuala Lumpur
Laid down	July 2006
Launched	23 July 2009
Commissioned	28 December 2010
Identification	IMO number: 9874040 MMSI number: 533001930 Callsign: 9MJW Pennant number: F176
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement	1,850 tons full load
Length	91.1 m (299 ft)
Beam	12.85 m (42.2 ft)
Draught	3.4 m (11 ft)
Propulsion	Main propulsion: 2x Caterpillar 3616 (5,450kW) diesel, 16,000 bhp, 2 shafts, 2 controllable pitch propellers
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range	6,050 nautical miles (11,200 km; 6,960 mi)
Endurance	21 days
Complement	78 (accom. for 98)
Sensors and processing systems	Combat system: Atlas Elektronik COSYS-110 M1/ARGOS Integrated platform management system: CAE Search radar: EADS TRS-3D/ 16ES PESA radar Fire control radar: Oerlikon Contraves TMX/EO X-band with electro-optic fire director Thermal imager: Rheinmetall TMEO Sonar: L-3 ELAC Nautik NDS-3060 Obstacle Avoidance sonar IFF system: Aeromaritime
Electronic warfare & decoys	ESM: Thales Sceptre-X Decoy: Sippican ALEX/SRBOC chaff / decoy launching system
Armament	1 × 76 mm Oto Melara 1 × 30 mm Breda-Mauser
Aircraft carried	1 x Super Lynx 300
Aviation facilities	Stern hangar Helicopter landing platform

KD Selangor (F176) is the sixth ship of Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Malaysian Navy. She was commissioned on 28 December 2010.

In the 1990s, the Royal Malaysian Navy identified the need to replace their ageing patrol boats. These 31 m long vessels built by Vosper Ltd with a displacement of 96 tons had been in service since the 1960s.^[1] After receiving government approval, the Malaysian Navy ran a competition for the design in 1996, planning to purchase 27 vessels over 15 years. The specifications aimed for a design with a displacement of 1,300 tons and an overall length of 80 m. It was already noted at that time that this resembled full-fledged corvettes rather than patrol vessels, but the eventual winning bid would turn out to be even larger.^[2] The Australian bid proposed a Joint Patrol Vessel, to be designed by Australian Transfield Shipbuilding and subsequently purchased by the Malaysian Navy as well as the Royal Australian Navy.^[3] Other contenders were the German Naval Group consortium as well as British shipyards Vosper Thornycroft and Yarrow Shipbuilders.

The Kedah class is based on the MEKO 100 corvette. It is designed to have low radar detectability, low noise, low heat dissipation, and have an economical cruising speed. The main radar, TRS-3D/16-ES is a fully coherent multi-mode phased array C-band radar capable of fully automatic detection, track initiation, and classification of various types of targets. It is capable to track 400 air and surface targets with the detection range up to 200 km and the corresponding update times between 1 and 6 seconds.^[4] An advanced control system known as Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) is used to monitor and control the platform machinery of the ships, including propulsion, electrical, damage control, and auxiliary machinery and systems.^[5][6]

Selangor was laid down in July 2006 at BHIC, Lumut, Perak and launched on 23 July 2009. She was commissioned on 28 December 2010.