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| Name: | KD Tun Abdul Razak |
| Namesake: | Tun Abdul Razak |
| Ordered: | June 2002 |
| Builder: | DCNS Cherbourg & Navantia, Cartagena |
| Laid down: | 25 April 2005 |
| Launched: | October 2008 |
| Acquired: | 2 July 2010 |
| Commissioned: | 25 January 2010 |
| Homeport: | Sepanggar |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Scorpène-class submarine |
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| Length: | 67.4 m (221 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
| Draft: | 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in) |
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| Test depth: | More than 300 m (980 ft) |
| Complement: | 32 |
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| 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 Tun Abdul Razak is a Scorpène-class submarine of Royal Malaysian Navy.
Development and design[]
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:[2] 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.[3]
Construction and career[]
She is laid down on 25 April 2005 and launched in October 2008. She is commissioned in December 2009.
Gallery[]
_prepares_to_moor_across_the_pier_from_Malaysia%27s_first.jpg "US Navy 101011-O-0000X-010 he Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) prepares to moor across the pier from Malaysia's first.jpg (6.15 MB)")
USS Jacksonville passing by KD Tun Abdul Razak at Sepanggar on 11 October 2010.
KD Tun Abdul Razak at Lorient in March 2008.
References[]
- ↑ "KD Tunku Abdul Rahman". Royal Malaysian Navy Official Portal. 2012. http://www.navy.mil.my/index.php/mengenai-kami/62-rmn-asset-sejarah/700-kd-tunku-abdul-rahman. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ↑ "The Market for Submarines". Forecast International. August 2009. Archived from the original on April 17, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120417114703/http://www.forecastinternational.com/samples/f673_completesample.pdf. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ↑ "Novas pistas sobre o 'S-BR', o novo submarino convencional Brasileiro". www.naval.com.br. 6 May 2010. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100422024006/http://www.naval.com.br/blog/tag/scorpene/. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
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