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Malaysia will also reduce the number of ships it will receive under the revised contract from six to five, and accept an additional delay to the ships\u2019 deliveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the new delivery schedule, Boustead Naval Shipyard will deliver the lead ship \u2014 KD Maharaja Lela \u2014 in 2026, seven years after the originally planned date. 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