28 January 2022
Malaysia commissions final Chinese-built littoral mission ship
by Ridzwan Rahmat
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has commissioned its fourth and final Keris-class littoral mission ship (LMS).
The vessel, which is now known as KD Rencong with pennant number 114, was commissioned on 28 January at the RMN's naval base in Kota Kinabalu.
Rencong is part of a contract for four Keris-class LMSs signed in April 2017 between the Malaysian government and the trading subsidiary of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.
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