TSAMTO, September 28. According to the Malaysian media, on September 25, the third patrol ship of the coastal zone LMS (Littoral Mission Ships) of the Keris-Badik class arrived at the Sepanggar naval base in Kota Kinabalu (Sabah State) after a 7-day transition.
As TSAMTO reported with reference to the Malaysian company Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS), on September 14, at the enterprise of the Chinese company Wuchang Shipyard acting as its partner in Qidong (Jiangsu Ave., China), a new Keris-class coastal patrol ship LMS (Littoral Mission Ships) was handed over to the command of the Malaysian Navy.
The Badik is the third of four LMS ships ordered in 2017. After it is put into service, it will enter the combat structure of the 11th Squadron of the Malaysian Navy and will be stationed at the Sepanggar naval Base.
On March 23, 2017, the Ministry of Defense of Malaysia signed a contract with Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd for the supply of four LMS coastal patrol ships to the country's Navy together with a Chinese partner. BNS was the main contractor of the project and was supposed to provide the supply of ships together with the Chinese corporation CSOC. The contract value was 1.17 billion rubles. malaz. ringgit ($289 million). It was planned that the first two LMS ships would be built by Wuchang Shipbuilding in China, and two more at the BNS shipyard in Lumut (Malaysia).
In March 2019, a revision of the terms of the contract was announced. According to the decision of the Malaysian government, all four ships should be built in China, and the cost of delivery is reduced to 1.048 billion rubles. malaz. ringgit ($205 million).
The ceremony of handing over the lead ship (111) "Keris" of the Malaysian Navy took place on December 31, 2019. On January 17, 2020, the ship arrived at the Sepanggar base. The second ship, the Sundang, arrived at the base on January 24, 2021 and joined the fleet in March 2021.
The construction of the third ship began on September 18, 2019, the launching ceremony was held at the enterprise in Wuhan (China) October 28, 2020. The launch of the fourth ship (b. n. 114, probably to be named "Renkong") took place in December 2020. It is planned that it will be transferred to the Malaysian Navy in November 2021.