Lekiu-class frigate

The Lekiu class is a pair of frigates, KD Jebat and KD Lekiu, built for the Royal Malaysian Navy and named for two figures of the Malay epic Hikayat Hang Tuah. Yarrow Shipbuilders of Glasgow built them in the United Kingdom from its standard F2000 frigate design, and Lekiu was launched in December 1994 and Jebat in May 1995. Delays in integrating the combat systems held back delivery, and the ships were commissioned in 1999. They were the largest and most modern surface combatants the Malaysian navy then had, and both serve in its 23 Frigate Squadron. A second batch planned from 2006 was cancelled, and the class took part in anti-piracy work off Somalia and in RIMPAC 2018.