Rajah Lakandula (PS-21)

	The future BRP Rajah Lakandula (PS-21) during her launch at HD HHI on November 2025.
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Name	BRP Rajah Lakandula
Namesake	Rajah Lakandula, a Rajah of the Kingdom of Maynila
Ordered	27 June 2022
Builder	HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
Cost	KRW770.9 billion (~US$556 million)
Yard number	P173
Launched	20 November 2025
Identification	PS-21
Status	For acceptance
General characteristics
Class & type	Rajah Sulayman-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement	2,400 tonnes/2,450 tonnes
Length	94.5 m (310 ft 0 in)
Beam	14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draft	3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) arrangement:; 2 x Hyundai HiMSEN diesel engines 18H25/33V 18-Cylinder V-type;
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) @ 85% MCR
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) @ 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance	20 days
Boats & landing; craft carried	1 x 7.3m RHIB in starboard boat bay; 1 x 9.5m RHIB in stern launching and recovery system;
Complement	72
Sensors &; processing systems	Hanwha combat management system; Leonardo SPS-732 X-band 2D air/surface surveillance radar; Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System; Hensoldt UK SharpEye Mk.11 I-band navigation radar ; Safran PASEO XLR extra-long-range optronic sensor suite; Anschütz Synapsis NX integrated nav and bridge systems;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	Radar-Electronic Support Measures (R-ESM); EW Countermeasures; 2 × C-Guard DL-6T 6-tube 130mm IR and RF decoy launchers;
Armament	1 × 76mm Oto Melara Super Rapid main gun; 2 × 30mm SMASH RCWS secondary guns; 2 × 12.7mm heavy machine guns; 2 × SitepItalia it:Multirole Acoustic Stabilized System MASS SX-424(V)122 Acoustic Hailer and Laser Dazzler;
Aircraft carried	1 × 10 tonne naval helicopter
Aviation facilities	Flight deck for a 10-tonne helicopter and two (2) unmanned aerial vehicle; enclosed hangar (starboard side) for 10t helicopter;
Notes	Mission Bay ; Stern mission bay for multi-mission module containers and towed array sonar;

NameBRP Rajah Lakandula

NamesakeRajah Lakandula, a Rajah of the Kingdom of Maynila

Ordered27 June 2022^[1]

BuilderHD Hyundai Heavy Industries

BRP Rajah Lakandula (PS-21) is the second ship of her class of offshore patrol vessels of the Philippine Navy. She is the second ship to be named after Rajah Lakandula, the last Rajah of the Kingdom of Tondo.

The ship was constructed by South Korean naval shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industry in their facility in Ulsan, South Korea, and was scheduled for delivery to the Philippine Navy on May 2026.

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The future BRP Rajah Lakandula (PS-21) during her launch at HD HHI on November 2025.


Name	BRP Rajah Lakandula
Namesake	Rajah Lakandula, a Rajah of the Kingdom of Maynila
Ordered	27 June 2022^[1]
Builder	HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
Cost	KRW770.9 billion (~US$556 million)
Yard number	P173
Launched	20 November 2025
Identification	PS-21
Status	For acceptance


General characteristics
Class & type	Rajah Sulayman-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement	2,400 tonnes^[2]/2,450 tonnes^[3]
Length	94.5 m (310 ft 0 in)
Beam	14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draft	3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) arrangement: 2 x Hyundai HiMSEN diesel engines 18H25/33V 18-Cylinder V-type
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) @ 85% MCR
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) @ 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance	20 days^[3]
Boats & landing craft carried	1 x 7.3m RHIB in starboard boat bay 1 x 9.5m RHIB in stern launching and recovery system
Complement	72
Sensors & processing systems	Hanwha combat management system Leonardo SPS-732 X-band 2D air/surface surveillance radar^[4] Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System Hensoldt UK SharpEye Mk.11 I-band navigation radar ^[5] Safran PASEO XLR extra-long-range optronic sensor suite^[6] Anschütz Synapsis NX integrated nav and bridge systems^[7]
Electronic warfare & decoys	Radar-Electronic Support Measures (R-ESM) EW Countermeasures 2 × C-Guard DL-6T 6-tube 130mm IR and RF decoy launchers
Armament	1 × 76mm Oto Melara Super Rapid main gun 2 × 30mm SMASH RCWS secondary guns 2 × 12.7mm heavy machine guns 2 × SitepItalia it:Multirole Acoustic Stabilized System MASS SX-424(V)122 Acoustic Hailer and Laser Dazzler
Aircraft carried	1 × 10 tonne naval helicopter
Aviation facilities	Flight deck for a 10-tonne helicopter and two (2) unmanned aerial vehicle enclosed hangar (starboard side) for 10t helicopter
Notes	Mission Bay Stern mission bay for multi-mission module containers and towed array sonar