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	KD Laksamana Hang Nadim (F134)
History
Iraq
Name	Khalid Ibn Al Walid
Namesake	Khalid ibn al-Walid
Ordered	February 1981
Builder	Fincantieri, Mestre
Laid down	3 June 1982
Launched	5 July 1983
Completed	1987
Identification	Pennant number: F216
Fate	Never delivered to Iraq due to sanctions, later sold to Malaysia 1995
Malaysia
Name	KD Laksamana Hang Nadim
Namesake	Hang Nadim
Acquired	26 October 1995
Commissioned	28 July 1997
Identification	Pennant number: F134
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Laksamana-class corvette
Displacement	675 long tons (686 t) full load
Length	62.3 m (204 ft 5 in)
Beam	9.3 m (30 ft 6 in)
Draught	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	4 MTU 20V 956 TB 92 diesels ; 4 shafts developing ; 20,400 bhp (15,200 kW);
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h)
Range	2,300 nautical miles (4,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement	56
Sensors and ; processing systems	RAN-12 air/surface search radar; RTN-10X fire control radar; Kelvin Hughes 1007 navigation radar ; Diodon hull sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Gamma suite ; SCLAR chaff;
Armament	Guns: 1 × 76 mm Oto Melara; 1 × DARDO/40 mm Breda CIWS; Anti-air: 4 × Aspide SAM (removed); Anti-ship: 6 × Otomat Mk 2 SSM (removed); Anti-submarine: 2 × triple Eurotorp B515 with A244-S ASW torpedoes (removed);
Notes	The missile might be removed due to being obsolete

KD Laksamana Hang Nadim (F134) is the lead ship of Laksamana-class corvette currently in service with the Royal Malaysian Navy. She are currently serving in the 24th corvette Squadron of the Royal Malaysian Navy. She is based on the Fincantieri Type 550 corvette design.^[2]^[3]

Development

The Laksamana-class corvettes of the Royal Malaysian Navy are modified Assad-class corvettes built by Fincantieri, Italy. They were originally ordered by Iraqi Navy in February 1981.^[4] The corvettes were never delivered to Iraq and instead refitted and sold to Malaysia in mid 1990s.^[5]

Service history

Laksamana Hang Nadim were originally ordered by the Iraqi Navy as Khalid Ibn Al Walid (F216). Her keel was laid down on 3 June 1982, launched on 5 July 1983 and she was completed in 1987.^[4] Upon her completion, Khalid Ibn Al Walid was laid up at Muggiano due to trade embargo during Iran–Iraq War that prevented her from being delivered to Iraq.^[4] She was finally released for delivery in 1990, but as Iraq was again embargoed following its invasion of Kuwait, the ship was kept laid up by Fincantieri. It was proposed that she would be requisitioned by Italian Navy or sold to either Morocco or Colombia.^[6]

Royal Malaysian Navy signed a contract with Fincantieri for Khalid Ibn Al Walid and her sister Saad Ibn Abi Wakkad on 26 October 1995. She and her sister were refitted at Muggiano and later arrived in Malaysia in September 1997.^[5] The ship was commissioned as KD Laksamana Hang Nadim on 28 July 1997.^[5] After served for a long time in Royal Malaysian Navy, it was confirmed that she and other sister ships will be upgrade to extend their service life.^[7]

Citations

^ "Malaysian Defence - Back To Future II".
^ "RMN Official Page-Laksamana Class".
^ "Laksamana Class Missile Corvette - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sharpe 1989, p. 282
^ ^a ^b ^c Saunders 2009, p. 497
^ Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon 1995, p. 188-189
^ "Back in The Saddle Again".

References

Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781557501325.
Sharpe, Capt. Richard (1989). Jane's Fighting Ships 1989-90. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710608864.
Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.