HANG TUAH (76) class

 1 HANG TUAH-class TRAINING SHIP (AX)

 Name        Pendant   Launched        Completed   Commissioned   Status

 HANG TUAH   76        Dec. 29, 1966   1968        May 16, 1973   Active
   (ex-British HMS MERMAID, F-76)

This British-built ship is similar in size, propulsion system and role of the British LEOPARD class (Type 41) and SALISBURY-class (Type 61 ) frigates of the Royal Navy in the late 1950s/1960s. She was originally ordered by Ghana in 1964 as a frigate/yacht by...