KD Lekir (F-26)

	KD Lekir (F26)
History
Malaysia
Name	KD Lekir
Builder	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Launched	May 1983
Commissioned	August 1984
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Kasturi-class corvette
Displacement	1,850 long tons (1,880 t) full load
Length	98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam	11.5 m (37 ft 9 in)
Draught	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	4 × MTU 20V 1163 TB92 diesels; 23,460 bhp (17,490 kW); 2 shafts;
Speed	28 knots (32 mph; 52 km/h)
Range	5,000 mi (8,000 km)
Complement	124
Sensors and ; processing systems	TACTICOS Combat Management System; Thales Link Y Mk 2.5; DA-08 search radar; WM-22 fire control radar; DSQS-24C sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	DR3000S ESM suite; Scimitar jammers; SKWS decoys;
Armament	Guns: 1 × Bofors 57 mm gun; 2 × MSI DS30B 30 mm cannon; Anti-air: MANPAD SAM; Anti-ship: 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 2 ; Anti-submarine: 2 × triple Eurotorp B515 with A244-S ASW torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	1 × Super Lynx 300 helicopter
Aviation facilities	Helicopter landing platform

KD Lekir is the second ship of Kasturi-class corvette currently serving in the Royal Malaysian Navy. Together with her sister ship Kasturi, Lekir serves in the 22nd Corvette Squadron of the Royal Malaysian Navy.

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