Diesel-electric submarine KD Tun Abdul Razak

Diesel-electric submarine KD Tun Abdul Razak 2

Classification

Ship class:

Scorpène-class submarine

Type:

Attack submarine (SSN, SSK)

Basic information

Namesake:

Tun Abdul Razak

Operator:

Royal Malaysian Navy

Country of build:

Builder:

Navantia

Naval Group (formerly DCNS)

Ordered:

15 June 2002

Laid down:

25 April 2005

Launched:

8 October 2008

Commissioned (service):

5 November 2009

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:

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 Tun Abdul Razak is a Scorpène-class submarine of Royal Malaysian Navy.

In 2002, Malaysia ordered two Scorpène-class boats worth €1.04 billion (about RM4.78 billion). Both boats Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tun Abdul Razak commissioned by Royal Malaysian Navy in 2009.

The Scorpène class of submarines has four subtypes the CM-2000 conventional diesel-electric version, the AM-2000 air-independent propulsion (AIP) derivative, the downsized CA-2000 coastal submarine, and the enlarged S-BR for the Brazilian Navy, without AIP.

She is laid down on 25 April 2005 and launched in October 2008. She is commissioned in December 2009 and. She was assigned at Sepanggar Naval Base, Sabah.

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