Handalan-class missile boat

Class overview
Builders: Kalskrona Varvet
Operators:  Malaysia
In commission: 1976 - present
Completed: 4
Active: 4
General characteristics
Type:Fast attack craft
Displacement:240 tons standard, 268 tons full load
Length:43.6 m (143 ft)
Beam:7.1 m (23 ft)
Draught:2.4 m (8 ft)
Installed power:3x MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesels delivering 10865hp
Propulsion:3 shafts
Speed:34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Range:2,977 nautical miles (5,513 km; 3,426 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement:40
Sensors and
processing systems:		Philips 9GR600, Decca 1226 radars, 9LV 212 radar used with 9LV 228 Mk2 fire control system, Optronic AA fire control system,
Electronic warfare
and decoys:		Thales DR3000S ESM
ECM MEL Susie-1 with warning elements
Armament:1 x Bofors 57 mm gun
1 x Bofors 40 mm gun
4 x Exocet MM38

The Handalan-class vessels are domestically modified Spica-M FAC, a heavier variant of the Swedish Spica II (Norrkoping) Class. Built by Kalskrona Varvet and ordered in 1976, this class replaced the Perkasa class squadron on a 1:1 basis, including name transfer. The Handalan are equipped with longer-range diesel engines and an additional weapons fit with launchers for Exocet missiles and a secondary 40mm gun. The installation of additional weaponry from the main 57mm/70 Bofors SAK Mk1 gun forced the bridge to be pushed forward to accept the missile launchers and additional rear gun. With a data-link communications system, the class allows the exchange of information through computers with similar equipment, both other ships and shore-based stations. They also have elaborate countermeasures with a Thales DR3000S, electronic tracking equipment and weapon control systems. In all, the Handalans are more capable and better armed than the larger Perdana-class vessels of the RMN.

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