Maharaja Lela-class frigate

	A Gowind 2500 corvette of the Egyptian Navy which is the same design as the Maharaja Lela-class frigate
Class overview
Name	Maharaja Lela class
Builders	Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC) (Primary shipbuilder); Naval Group (Design authority);
Operators	Royal Malaysian Navy
Preceded by	Lekiu class
Cost	Revised: RM 11.2B for 5ships (initial rough estimate dealing with cost overruns); RM 1.8 billion (2011) per unit + ToT (ceiling) or $560 million per ship (excluding ammo); roughly equivalent to $728 million in 2022 US dollars (excluding ammo) ; Original: RM 9B for 6 ships; RM 1.5 billion (2011) per unit + ToT (ceiling) or $466 million per ship (excluding cost overruns and ammo); roughly equivalent to $606 million in 2022 US dollars (excluding cost overruns and ammo);
In commission	2026-
Planned	6
Building	5
Cancelled	1
General characteristics
Type	Littoral combat ship (LCS)/frigate
Displacement	3,100 tons
Length	111 m (364 ft 2 in) (overall); 105 m (344 ft 6 in) (waterline);
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in) (main deck); 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in) (waterline);
Draught	3.85 m (12 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	CODAD 4 x MTU 20V 1163 M94, each rated at 7,400 kW (9,925 shp) Total output: 29,600 kW (39,694 shp)
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	138
Sensors and ; processing systems	; Combat System: Naval Group SETIS; Search radar: Thales SMART-S Mk2; Fire control radar: Rheinmetall TMEO Mk2 electro-optical tracking system & TMX/EO Mk2; Sonar: Thales TUS ASW suite: Kingklip Mk.1 hull-mounted sonar & CAPTAS-2 towed array sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	RESM: Thales Vigile; DLS: Wallop Super Barricade decoy launching system;
Armament	Guns: 1 × Bofors 57 mm gun; 2 × MSI DS30M 30 mm cannon; Anti-air: 16 × VL MICA in Sylver VLS (planned); Anti-ship: 8 × Naval Strike Missile SSM; Anti-submarine: 2 × triple J+S torpedo launcher;
Aircraft carried	Various types of UAVs and helicopters, weighing up to 10 tons
Aviation facilities	Stern hangar and helicopter landing platform

The Maharaja Lela-class frigate, also known as the littoral combat ship (LCS), is a class of six stealth frigates being built for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). First announced as the Second Generation Patrol Vessel in 2011, the ships are based on an enlarged version of the Gowind-class corvette, designed by Naval Group, formerly known as DCNS of France.

The contract has been finalised and it has been decided that all six ships will be built by local shipbuilder Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (BHIC) for the RMN at a ceiling price of RM9 billion (US$2.8 billion), starting from 2015. With the ships being 111 metres (364 ft 2 in)s long and a displacement of 3,100 tonnes (3,100 long tons), it would be the largest and most modern surface combatants in the Royal Malaysian Navy to date once delivered, being longer and more capable than the Lekiu-class frigate.

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