Malaysian frigate (ex- Black Star 1965-1966, HMS Mermaid 1971-1977) KD Hang Tuah 1977-

Lumit Naval Base, Malaysia January 2026

Ordered in 1964, laid down by Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Scotland with yard number 2284 as the frigate annex presidential yacht Black Star for Ghana in 1965, but due to a coup order cancelled in February 1966, launched on 29 December 1966, completed in June 1968, laid up whating for a buyer, taken over by the British Navy in 1971, commissioned as HMS Mermaid F76 on 16 May 1973, sold to Malaysia in April 1977, renamed Hang Tuah, later converted into a training ship, decommissioned in 2018 and became a museumship.