SHAH ALAM: In his 2025 budget speech, PMX DS Anwar Ibrahim said six MMEA ships will undergo a repowering and refit programme (RRP). That said on the same day of the budget speech, MMEA took delivery of the first ship to undergo the programme, KM Peringgi, pennant number 2952.
Peringgi is a former PX-class ship of the Marine police, 29 meter in length and weighing 130 tonnes and built by the Hong Leong Lurssen shipyard in the 1980s. She and seven other PX patrol boats -now renamed as the Gemia-class – were transferred to the MMEA since 2014. The class can carry 16 crew members and has a seven-day endurance.
Under the repowering and refit programme, most of Peringgi components were replaced including her main engines (Cummins QSK60), generators, electronics and berthing facilities. She is also equipped with a single RHIB as part of the upgrade.
Work on the ship started in December 19, 2022 at the Pleasant Engineering Sdn Bhd shipyard in Sandakan, Sabah. She was handed over to the MMEA on April 18, a period of 22 months. MMEA did not say why the delivery ceremony was done some six months after the handing over.
Peringgi also retained her main 20mm KAA Oerlikon cannon after the refit. The gun uses 20mmΓ128 ammunition cartridges. Apart from the cannon, she is also armed with pintle mounted machine guns.
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Dalam ucapannya, Datuk Haji Mohd Rosli memaklumkan program refit dan repowering merupakan inisiatif yang diambil oleh Maritim Malaysia bagi meningkatkan jangka hayat kapal.
Melalui program ini, KM PERINGGI akan menjalani proses modenisasi dengan penambahbaikan serta pertukaran sebahagian besar komponen kapal, antaranya jentera utama, janakuasa, sistem elektronik, akamodasi dan lain-lain.
KM PERINGGI telah dibina pada tahun 1980-an untuk Pasukan Polis Marin oleh Hong Leong Lurssen Shipyard, Butterworth, Pulau Pinang. Kapal berkenaan kemudiannya diserahkan kepada Maritim Malaysia selepas Agensi ini ditubuhkan.
Berukuran 29 meter panjang dengan lebar 6 meter dan seberat 130 tan, kapal yang diletakkan dalam Kelas Gemia ini berkeupayaan melakukan operasi di laut dalam jangka waktu 7 hari tanpa ulang bekal.
Malah, kapal ini mampu melaksanakan penguatkuasaan di dalam perairan negara sehingga ke kawasan Zon Ekonomi Eksklusif (ZEE) dan kawasan di luar jangkauan kapal-kapal kecil.
Datuk Haji Mohd Rosli turut berkata, setelah 10 tahun melaksanakan pelbagai operasi serta rondaan di kawasan perairan Sandakan dan sekitarnya, KM PERINGGI dilihat perlu menjalani pembaikan demi memastikan kesiagaan aset berkenaan untuk beroperasi di perairan negara.
Jelas beliau lagi, setelah menjalani rutin repowering jentera utama dan refit selama 22 bulan bertempat di limbungan Pleasant Engineering Sdn. Bhd bermula 19 Disember 2022, pada tanggal 18 April yang lalu kapal berkenaan telah siap dibaik pulih dan diserahkan kepada Maritim Malaysia.
Menerusi rutin repowering jentera utama dan refit yang telah dilakukan, kapal ini kini mampu mencapai kelajuan 24 knot. Malah, ia juga turut dilengkapi dengan sebuah bot jenis rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB).
Tambah beliau, KM PERINGGI turut melaksanakan penukaran sistem propulsion yang baharu dengan menggunakan jentera utama model CUMMINS QSK60.
Disamping itu, kapal ini turut didatangkan bersama radar i band bagi memastikan pemantauan secara meluas selain boleh memuatkan 16 orang anak kapal dalam satu-satu masa.
Terdahulu Datuk Haji Mohd Rosli turut merakamkan ucapan terima kasih kepada Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN), Kementerian Kewangan (MOF) dan juga Kementerian Ekonomi atas sokongan yang telah diberikan kepada Maritim Malaysia selama ini.
Turut hadir sama pada program tersebut Pengarah Bahagian Keselamatan dan Ketenteraman Awam KDN, Datuk Zul Hadi bin Ahmad.
Turut hadir dalam majlis penyerahan berkenaan ialah Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Logistik Maritim Malaysia, Laksamana Madya Maritim Datuk Saiful Lizan bin Ibrahim; Pengarah Maritim Negeri Sabah dan Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan, Laksamana Pertama Maritim Datuk Che Engku Suhaimi bin Che Engku Daik serta beberapa lagi Pegawai Kanan daripada Kementerian Dalam Negeri dan Maritim Malaysia.
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It is unclear if Peringgi upgrade is part of the six boats to be paid under the 2025 budget or she was the proof of concept and paid by previous year’s allocation. If she is the proof of concept, it will meant that MMEA will have seven boats upgraded under the RRP. The RRP is the similar to the one conducted by the RMN to prolong the life of its patrol craft , corvettes, and fast attack craft. Based on on the RMN programme, Peringgi and other MMEA ships upgraded are likely to serve at least until 2030.
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It needed to be done but ultimately it’s nothing to blow ones own trumpets about. The engineering people in the RMN made a big fuss about the “rehulling” and “repowering” but the fact that we had to perform such work on 50/60 year old ships is not flattering to the various governments who let things reach this stage.
On the removal of the gun on the bow o Y position; it has a slight affect on the ship; causes a slight rise. This is something they discovered with the PCs years ago.
Ah no wonder they left the Y gun on the Handalan class, even though the barrel is lashed to the deck’s fences like can be seen on Pendekar when she sank
With the Kasturi it is a bigger/heavier ship so that problem does not arise. They removed the gun on the quarter deck because it was surplus to requirements.
When Perak sank she did not have her bow mounted gun. In fact the PCs only had their bow mounted guns fitted when they arrived in Singapore.
Sorry, I meant stern, not bow.
Are there boats equipped with thermal cameras or do they rely on searchlights?
Not seen any EO turret on the ship.
Zooming in on the superstructure and mast, no EO turrets observed.
Radar is from SIMRAD, so i suppose it also has SIMRAD chartplotters
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhrCq_YX4AgHanw.jpg
That can be linked to EO turrets (can be civilian spec) bought from FLIR or others.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErzFid5XMAMu85E.jpg
h – “Are there boats equipped with thermal cameras or do they rely on searchlights?”
Ships will have handheld NVGs; not a lot though. Unfortunately there is no EO turret; would be useful though. “…” was kind and thoughtful enough to provide the customary/obligatory links.
In the early 2000’s we got some French EO sights but zero idea what ships they went on.