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File:Tun Razak.JPG KD Tun Abdul Razak at Navantia on 23 October 2009 | |
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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[]
USS Jacksonville passing by KD Tun Abdul Razak at Sepanggar on 11 October 2010.
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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