Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel

Germany Germany

Total built: 11

Blohm Voss, Hamburg HDW, Kiel PSC - Naval Dockyard, Perak, Malaysia

Since 2008

See individual subclass

The MEKO 100 class is a class battleship of the German ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG based on the MEKO - ship series.

History

The class was developed after the MEKO 200 series to the request of several navies, for small, being powerful ships to meet. Like all ships of the MEKO series has a modular design to be customized the MEKO 100. The ships are referred to as international as Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV ), ie as large patrol ship or even, depending on the equipment, called corvette.

The ships of the MEKO 100 class are designed so that they have a small radar signature, are as quiet as possible and have a low fuel consumption. It used technology to automate and fully automatic control of all ship systems such as machinery and vessel protection. This includes multiple redundant systems.

2006, the contract for the first six ships of the Kedah class for Malaysia was signed. The first two ships were built in the shipyards Blohm Voss, Hamburg and HDW, Kiel. The rest are to be built in Malaysia. The German corvettes of the class K130 based on this design. A further development is the class MEKO A-100 for Poland, which was to be built from 2011.

Variants

MEKO 100 RMN

The contract for vessels of the MEKO 100 RMN or Kedah class was completed in 2006 with Malaysia. The first two ships were built by Blohm Voss, Hamburg and HDW in Kiel, and four more are since 2008 on the PSC - Naval Dockyard in Malaysia. built.

The ships were built to replace older and smaller patrol boats of the Malaysian Navy. For this, the " patrol vessels of the next generation " (Next Generation Patrol Vessel ( NGPV ) ) 1996 program was launched. Five designs were the finalists, one of the Australian Transfield Group, one of the UK's VT Group, one of the also British shipyard Yarrow and the winner, the design MEKO 200 of the German Naval Group ( GNG ), today's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AG.

It was drawn a contract for six ships, with the Malaysian shipyard PSC - Naval Dockyard is the main contractor and GNG working as subcontractors. There are four ships should be made ​​in Malaysia. In addition, the construction of 21 additional patrol boats within ten years was agreed in the contract. This part of the contract has a value of 5 billion euros.

The construction of four ships on the Malaysian shipyard was initially delayed by technical problems. The first ship, the Kedah was not removed from the Navy due to an error in programming. The management team has been replaced by the government.

In June 2006, the Kedah was put into service, which meant a delay of 18 months. The Pahang was put into service in August 2006 and the Perak on 12 November 2007. Terengganu ran on 6 December 2007 from the stack. The delays were compensated and the Malaysian government decided to build the 21 other ships continued to drive.

Specifications

  • Length 106 m
  • Width 12.80 m
  • Draught 3.6 m
  • Displacement: 1.600 ts (fully loaded)
  • Drive 2 shafts with controllable pitch propellers
  • 2x Caterpillar 3616 diesel with 5450kW
  • Atlas Elektronik surveillance radar COSYS -110 M1
  • Search radar: EADS TRS-3D/16-ES
  • Fire control radar: OC Oerlikon TMX / EO Electro - Optical safety target illuminator
  • Decoys: ALEX decoy
  • Sonar: L- 3 ELAC Nautic NDS -3060

Ship units

Corvette K130

The new corvettes of the Braunschweig class in the German Army were also built from the MEKO 100. A total of five ships were ordered built since December 2004 and has been available since 2008. The ships are, as they are focused on combat missions, more armed than the Malaysian ships and are therefore classified as corvettes.

MEKO A-100

The Polish Navy had two corvettes Class MEKO A-100 ordered, to be built at the naval shipyard in Gdynia as Gawron - class ( Project 621 corvettes ). The ships should be delivered according to original planning 2011-2012, as up to seven units were planned.

Due to the financial crisis and the associated restrictions in the Polish national budget, the order was therefore postponed for two units. The first ship is under construction and should be delivered by 2015 according to current plans, the Polish Navy.

The new Corvette project was canceled in early 2012. The already largely completed hull of the first ship to be converted into an Offshore Patrol Vessel.

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