KD Rencong (114)

	Sister ship KD Keris
History
Malaysia
Name	KD Rencong
Builder	China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Co. Ltd
Launched	16 December 2020
Commissioned	28 January 2022[1][2]
Homeport	Sepanggar, Sabah
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Keris-class littoral mission ship
Displacement	700 long tons (711 t) full load
Length	69 m (226 ft 5 in)
Beam	9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h)
Range	2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	45
Sensors and ; processing systems	SR-47AG search radar; HEOS-100 & HEOS-300 fire control radar;
Armament	1 x 30 mm H/PJ-17; 2 x 12.7 mm Browning M2HB machine guns[3];

KD Rencong is the fourth ship of Keris-class littoral mission ship.[4][5] She was built for the Royal Malaysian Navy by China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Co. Ltd at Wucang Port, Qidong, Shanghai, in China. Rencong delivered in 2021 and commissioned in 2022 and will be in service with the 11th LMS Squadron based in Sepanggar, Sabah.[6]

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"Third LMS Delivered - Malaysian Defence". www.malaysiandefence.com. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
"Malaysia aims to replace all 50 ships in navy". The Straits Times. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

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