KD Tunku Abdul Rahman (original) (raw)
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Submarine of the Royal Malaysian Navy
 KD Tunku Abdul Rahman at Port Klang in September 2009 |
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| Name | KD Tunku Abdul Rahman |
| Namesake | Tunku Abdul Rahman |
| Ordered | June 2002[1] |
| Builder | Naval Group & Navantia |
| Laid down | December 2003 |
| Launched | October 2007[1] |
| Commissioned | January 2009[1] |
| Homeport | Sepanggar |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class & type | _Scorpène_-class submarine |
| Displacement | 1,577 long tons (1,602 t) surfaced 1,711 long tons (1,738 t) submerged |
| Length | 67.4 m (221 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × SEMT-Pielstick 12 PA4 200SM DS diesels 1 × Jeumont Industrie motor 4,700 hp (3,505 kW) 1 shaft |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 20.5 kn (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) submerged |
| Range | 6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 360 nmi (670 km; 410 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged |
| Test depth | More than 300 m (980 ft) |
| Complement | 32 |
| Sensors &processing systems | I-band navigation radar Hull mounted, active/passive search and attack, medium frequency sonars |
| Electronic warfare& decoys | Thales DR 3000 tactical ESM receiver |
| Armament | 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for 18 Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei Black Shark heavyweight torpedoes and SM-39 Exocet anti-ship missiles and 30 mines in place of torpedoes |
KD Tunku Abdul Rahman is a Scorpène-class submarine built for the Royal Malaysian Navy by Naval Group, formerly known as DCNS in Cherbourg, France and Navantia in Cartagena, Spain.
Development and design
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The fore section was built at Naval Group and joined to the aft section, which was built by Navantia.[3]
On 3 September 2009, Tunku Abdul Rahman arrived in Malaysia 54 days after sailing from Toulon for her new home.[4] According to a September 2009 report in Malaysia's English-language The Sun, the submarine was expected to be formally commissioned into the Royal Malaysian Navy in October 2009.[5]
USS Jacksonville passing by KD Tunku Abdul Rahman at Sepanggar on 11 October 2010.
KD Tunku Abdul Rahman at Langkawi in 2023.
- ^ a b c "SSK Scorpene Class Attack Submarine". naval-technology.com. 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ "KD Tunku Abdul Rahman". Royal Malaysian Navy Official Portal. 2012. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ "Royal Malaysian Navy". GlobalSecurity.org. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ "Malaysia's first ever submarine arrives to acclaim". Agence France-Presse. 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on September 8, 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
- ^ Dass, Maria J. (3 September 2009). "M'sia's first submarine arrives home". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 8 September 2009.[_permanent dead link_]