Handalan-class missile boat

	Swedish Navy HSwMS Norrtälje (T-133) Norrköping-class missile boat which is same design as Handalan-class
Class overview
Name:	Handalan class
Builders:	Kalskrona Varvet
Operators:	Royal Malaysian Navy
In commission:	1978 – 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 10,865 hp (8,102 kW)
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 ; & decoys:	Thales DR3000S ESM; ECM MEL Susie-1 with warning elements;
Armament:	1 × Bofors 57 mm gun; 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun; 4 × Exocet MM38;

The Handalan-class vessels are domestically modified Spica-M fast attack craft, 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.

Development

The Handalans are equipped with longer-range diesel engines and an additional weapons fit with launchers for Exocet missiles and a secondary 40 mm gun. The installation of additional weaponry from the main 57 mm/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 Royal Malaysian Navy.

Ships of the class

Pennant number	Name	Commission Year
3511	KD Handalan	1978
3512	KD Perkasa	1978
3513	KD Pendekar	1979
3514	KD Gempita	1979

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