| Career (Malaysia) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | KD Rahmat F24 |
| Operator: | Royal Malaysian Navy |
| Builder: | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow |
| Launched: | 18 December 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 13 September 1971 |
| Status: | decommissioned 2004 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,250 tons standard, 1,600 tons full load |
| Length: | 93.8 m |
| Beam: | 10.3 m |
| Draught: | 4.5 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft CODOG 1 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbine 19,500 hp 2 Crossley Pialstick diesels 3,850 hp |
| Speed: | 26 knots (16 knots diesels only) |
| Range: | 6000 NM - at 16 knots 1000 NM at 26 knots |
| Crew: | 132 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Radar - Decca 626, Signaal M20, M-44 Sonar 170B, 174 |
| Armament: |
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| Aviation facilities: | 1 flight deck for helicopter |
The KD (Kapal Diraja = Royal Ship) Rahmat (Pennant number F24) was a frigate operated by the Royal Malaysian Navy.
The ship was ordered in 1966 as the KD Hang Jebat. The design emphasised simplicity and economy but had an unusual machinery layout with a gas turbine and two diesels driving two propellers via a gearbox. the ships design served as the basis for the HTMS Makut Rajakumarn built for the Thai Navy by Yarrows.