The Gagah Samudera is a class of training ships of the
Royal Malaysian Navy
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN, ms, Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia; TLDM; Jawi: ) is the naval arm of the Malaysian Armed Forces. RMN is the main agency responsible for the country's maritime surveillance and defense operations. RMN's area of o ...
(RMN). The two ships were built jointly by
Malaysia and
South Korea under a shared development programme, with one ship built in South Korea and the other in Malaysia, The ships, named KD Gagah Samudera and KD Teguh Samudera are currently in service with Royal Malaysian Navy. All RMN ships carry the prefix KD (Malay: Kapal Di-Raja, literally "Royal Ship")
Both are 76 meters long, have a helicopter deck and are capable of operating up to 2,500 nautical miles for up to 21 days. The ships are equipped with modern air and
surface search radar A surface search radar, sometimes more accurately known as a sea-surface search radar or naval surveillance radar, is a type of military radar intended primarily to locate objects on the surface of lakes and oceans. Part of almost every modern naval ...
,
navigational radar
Radar navigation is the utilization of marine and aviation radar systems for vessel and aircraft navigation. When a craft is within radar range of land or special radar aids to navigation, the navigator can take distances and angular bearings ...
, combat system and communications.
Role
Both ships are currently used for training and are able to accommodate up to 60 trainees, including separate quarters for up to 12 females and both ships can conduct limited combat operation beside their primary training role.
Armament
The class is armed with a
DS30B 30mm cannon and two
Browning .50 calibre machine guns. They both have the ''
for but not with'' concept where missiles and torpedoes such as the
Rolling Airframe,
Surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft syst ...
,
Exocet MM40
The Exocet () is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
Etymology
The missile's name was given by M. Guillot, then the technical direct ...
,
Anti-ship missile and
Triple torpedo launchers may be installed when required. For aviation, both ships are able to accommodate a
medium-size helicopter for anti-surface and anti-submarine duties. Due to these capabilities, the ships may also be used as a
patrol boat.
Ship of the class
References
{{Royal Malaysian Navy Ships
Patrol vessels of the Royal Malaysian Navy
Ships built in Malaysia
Ships built in South Korea
Auxiliary training ship classes
Training ships of the Royal Malaysian Navy