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Diesel-electric submarine KD Tunku Abdul Rahman

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Classification

Ship class:
Scorpène-class submarine
Type:
Attack submarine (SSN, SSK)

Basic information

Namesake:
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Operator:
Royal Malaysian NavyRoyal Malaysian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Navantia Naval Group (formerly DCNS)Naval Group (formerly DCNS)
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
1,577 t
Submerged displacement:
1,711 t
Length:
67.4 m
Beam:
6.2 m
Draft:
5.4 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • 2 * SEMT-Pielstick 12 PA4 200SM DS-diesels
  • 1 * Jeumont Industrie motor
  • 4,700 hp (3,505 kW)
  • 1 shaft
Speed:
12 knots
Submerged speed:
20.5 knots
Test depth:
300 m
Range:
6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Submerged range:
360 nmi (670 km; 410 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
32

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • I-band navigation radar
  • Hull mounted, active/passive search and attack, medium frequency sonars
  • Thales DR 3000 tactical ESM receiver
Armament:
  • 6 * 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for 18 Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei Black Shark heavyweight torpedoes
  • 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 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.

On 3 September 2009, Tunku Abdul Rahman arrived in Malaysia 54 days after sailing from Toulon for her new home. 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.

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