KD Tunku Abdul Rahman
 |
| History |
 Malaysia |
| Name: |
KD Tunku Abdul Rahman |
| Namesake: |
Tunku Abdul Rahman |
| Ordered: |
June 2002[1] |
| Builder: |
DCNS Cherbourg & Navantia, Cartagena |
| Laid down: |
December 2003 |
| Launched: |
October 2007[1] |
| Commissioned: |
January 2009[1] |
| Status: |
in active service, as of 2012 |
| General characteristics [2] |
| Class and type: |
Scorpène-class submarine |
| Displacement: |
- 1,577 long tons (1,602 t) surfaced
- 1,711 long tons (1,738 t) submerged
|
| Length: |
66.4 m (217 ft 10 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 and
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 x 533-mm torpedo tubes for 18 Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei Black Shark heavyweight torpedoes or SM.39 Exocet anti-ship missiles, 30 mines in place of torpedoes |
KD Tunku Abdul Rahman is a Scorpène-class submarine built for the Royal Malaysian Navy by DCNS in Cherbourg and Navantia in Cartagena, Spain. The fore section was built at DCNS 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 is expected to be formally commissioned into the Royal Malaysian Navy in October 2009.[5]
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