The specifications aimed for a design with a displacement of 1,300 tons and an overall length of 80 m. It was already noted at that time that this resembled full-fledged corvettes rather than patrol vessels, but the eventual winning bid would turn out to be even larger. The Australian bid proposed a Joint Patrol Vessel, to be designed by Australian Transfield Shipbuilding and subsequently purchased by the Royal Malaysian Navy as well as the Royal Australian Navy. Other contenders were the German Naval Group consortium as well as British shipyards Vosper Thornycroft and Yarrow Shipbuilders.
The specifications called for a design with a displacement of 1,300 tons and an overall length of 80 meters. It was already noted that this resembled full-fledged corvettes rather than patrol vessels, but the winning bid would be even larger. The Australian proposal involved a Joint Patrol Vessel designed by Australian Transfield Shipbuilding and purchased by both the Royal Malaysian Navy and the Royal Australian Navy. Other contenders included German Naval Group consortium and British shipyards Vosper Thornycroft and Yarrow Shipbuilders.