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Boustead & Royal Malaysian Navy Hold Keel Laying Ceremony for 3rd Gowind Frigate LCS - SGPV

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Boustead & Royal Malaysian Navy Hold Keel Laying Ceremony for 3rd Gowind Frigate LCS - SGPV
 
Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Berhad (BHIC) and the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN or Tentera Laut DiRaja Malaysia; TLDM) held today the keel laying ceremony of the third Gowind frigate Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) as part of the Second Generation Patrol Vessel (SGPV) program.
     
Keel Laying 3rd Gowind LCS SGPV Malaysia TLDM 1Keel laying ceremony of the third Gowind frigate (Royal Malaysian Navy picture)
     
The ceremony was attended by Malaysia's Armed Forces chief General Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor and the Chief of Royal Malaysian Navy Admiral Kamarul. The vessel is set to be nammed KD Raja Mahadi.

In early 2011, Malaysia launched the SGPV program with a budget of RM6 billion (US$1.9 billion) calling for six stealth frigates. Several foreign shipbuilders were bidding for the program. In late 2011, it was announced that the Gowind class design by DCNS (now called Naval Group) had been chosen and that the SGPV program had been awarded to Boustead Naval Shipyard/DCNS.
     
Keel Laying 3rd Gowind LCS SGPV Malaysia TLDM 2Keel laying ceremony of the third Gowind frigate (Royal Malaysian Navy picture)
     
Based on the Naval Group Gowind 2500 corvette design (also selected by the Egyptian Navy), the Royal Malaysian Navy future LCS will be slightly larger and thus classified as frigates (with a length of 111 meters and a displacement of 3,100 tons).

First ship of the class KD Maharaja Lela was officialy "launched" on August 24th this year. According to our information, it is set to be floated out(lowered in the water via a platform) in one year (December of 2018). The keel of the first vessel was laid on March 8th 2016 while the second vessel, KD Shariff Mashor, had its keel laid in February 2017.
     
Boustead & Royal Malaysian Navy Hold Keel Laying Ceremony for 3rd Gowind Frigate LCS - SGPVFirst ship of the class KD Maharaja Lela was officialy "launched" on August 24th this year.
     
In late 2016, the RMN held a poll to name the future vessels. Malaysian citizens were invited to select one of three "group of names" based on one theme each:
- Theme 1: Fighter (Pejuang) "Symbol of the fighting spirit in defending the country's sovereignty".
- Theme 2: Weapon (Senjata): "Upholding the power of traditional weapons used by the warriors of the homeland against invaders".
- Theme 3: Courage (Nilai Keberanian): "Upholding the courage and heroism in the fighting spirit of the individual and the troops".

It appears that the LCS Gowind class is nammed after "Theme 1: Fighter".

Specification of RMN Gowind class Frigate:
Length overall: 111.00 m
Length waterline: 105.00 m
Beam Main Deck (1st Deck): 16.00 m
Beam design waterline: 14.20 m
Depth 1st deck: 8.30 m
Design draught: 3.85 m
Propulsion: CODAD
Maximum Speed: 28 knots
Survivability: Sea State 9

Royal Malaysian Navy Gowind class Frigate / SGPV / LCS technical datasheet