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Description
The Pelabuhan Klang class light cruiser is the last of the Royal Malaccan Navy, ordered in the 1940 Naval Expansion of the Royal Malaccan Navy. She and her nineteen sisters would serve well throughout the war. However three of her sisters were sunk during the war. The class like the Alor Setar class had a subpar secondary battery but her main battery is good with her semi-automatic guns.

General characteristics:
Type: Heavy Cruiser
Displacement: 21,250 tons (full load)
Length: 213 meters (Waterline) 215 meters (Overall)
Beam: 30.9 meters
Draft: 7.3 meters
Installed Power: 125 000 shp generated by 10 boilers
Propulsion: 4 screws turned by 4 steam turbines
Max Speed: 29.5 knots
Range: 11,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
Complement: 1900 officers and sailors
Armament:-
Main
- 12x 6 inch 50 cal guns
- 2x quintuple 610mm torpedo launchers
Secondary- 8x 5 inch 45 cal guns
Anti-air (1940)
- 40x 40mm anti-air guns
- 28x 20mm anti-air cannons
Armor:
Belt - 127 mm
Deck - 45 mm
Turret - 150 mm (Front) 40 mm (Sides and Roof)
Barbette - 155 mm
Aircraft carried: 2x seaplane fighter

(Credits are tributed to the artists on Shipbucket.com)

Description
The Pelabuhan Klang class light cruiser is the last of the Royal Malaccan Navy, ordered in the 1940 Naval Expansion of the Royal Malaccan Navy. She and her nineteen sisters would serve well throughout the war. However three of her sisters were sunk during the war. The class like the Alor Setar class had a subpar secondary battery but her main battery is good with her semi-automatic guns.

General characteristics:
Type: Heavy Cruiser
Displacement: 21,250 tons (full load)
Length: 213 meters (Waterline) 215 meters (Overall)
Beam: 30.9 meters
Draft: 7.3 meters
Installed Power: 125 000 shp generated by 10 boilers
Propulsion: 4 screws turned by 4 steam turbines
Max Speed: 29.5 knots
Range: 11,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
Complement: 1900 officers and sailors
Armament:-
Main
- 12x 6 inch 50 cal guns
- 2x quintuple 610mm torpedo launchers
Secondary- 8x 5 inch 45 cal guns
Anti-air (1940)
- 40x 40mm anti-air guns
- 28x 20mm anti-air cannons
Armor:
Belt - 127 mm
Deck - 45 mm
Turret - 150 mm (Front) 40 mm (Sides and Roof)
Barbette - 155 mm
Aircraft carried: 2x seaplane fighter

(Credits are tributed to the artists on Shipbucket.com)