KD Sharif Mashor

	The Egyptian Navy corvette ENS El Fateh to which the KD Sharif Mashor would be a heavier version of it.
History
Malaysia
Name	KD Sharif Mashor
Builder	Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation / Lumut Naval Shipyard (Primary shipbuilder); Naval Group (Design authority);
Laid down	18 December 2017
Launched	10 February 2026
Identification	Hull number: 2503
Status	Launched
General characteristics
Class & type	Maharaja Lela-class frigate
Displacement	3,100 long tons (3,150 t) full load
Length	111 m (364 ft 2 in)
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
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)
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	138
Sensors &; 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's 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; 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
Notes

KD Sharif Mashor is the third ship of the Maharaja Lela-class frigates built in Malaysia, by Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation, and now Lumut Naval Shipyard. It was built based on heavier version of Gowind-class design.^[2] The ship bears the name of Sharif Mashor where he was a famous Malay warrior in Sarikei, Sarawak, Malaysia during the era of the second Raj of Sarawak.^[3]

Development

Sharif Mashor was laid down on 18 December 2017. The ship is equipped with three-dimensional warfare, including anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine warfare.^[4] The ship was launched on 10 February 2026 by Toh Puan Fauziah Mohd Sanusi and witnessed by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak, Tun Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, at the Lumut Naval Shipyard.^[5]

References

[1] "LIMA 2015 update". Retrieved 19 March 2015.

[2] "Asian Defence Journal -Malaysia Littoral Combat Ship Programme Makes Headway".

[3] "New Straits Times - Malaysia launches third LCS, named after Sarawak warrior Sharif Mashor".

[4] "Naval News - Malaysia's Littoral Combat Ship Set Sail for the First Time".

[5] "Janes - Malaysia launches third Maharaja Lela-class ship".

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