KD Tunku Abdul Rahman

	KD Tunku Abdul Rahman at Port Klang in September 2009
History
Malaysia
Name	KD Tunku Abdul Rahman
Namesake	Tunku Abdul Rahman
Ordered	June 2002
Builder	Naval Group & Navantia
Laid down	December 2003
Launched	October 2007
Commissioned	January 2009
Homeport	Sepanggar
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and 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 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 × 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

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]

Gallery

USS Jacksonville passing by KD Tunku Abdul Rahman at Sepanggar on 11 October 2010.
KD Tunku Abdul Rahman at Langkawi in 2023.

References

^ ^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.

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[naval-technology-1] "SSK Scorpene Class Attack Submarine". naval-technology.com. 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

[2] "KD Tunku Abdul Rahman". Royal Malaysian Navy Official Portal. 2012. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

[3] "Royal Malaysian Navy". GlobalSecurity.org. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.

[4] "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.

[5] Dass, Maria J. (3 September 2009). "M'sia's first submarine arrives home". The Daily Sun. Retrieved 8 September 2009.

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v t e Scorpène-class submarine
Chilean Navy	O'Higgins Carrera
Royal Malaysian Navy	Tunku Abdul Rahman Tun Abdul Razak
Indian Navy Kalvari class	Kalvari Khanderi Karanj Vela Vagir
Brazilian Navy Riachuelo class	Riachuelo Humaitá Tonelero Almirante Karam
Preceded by: Agosta class Followed by: Andrasta class / Marlin class