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ROYAL MALAYSIAN NAVY (MALAYSIA)

SUBMARINES

TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN submarines (2009)

Tunku Abdul Rahman 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Tunku Abdul Rahman S630   DCNS, Cherbourg, France 25.4.2004 23.10.2007 27.1.2009 in service (2019)
Tun Abdul Razak S631   Navantia, Cartagena,Spain 25.4.2005 8.10.2008 5.11.2009 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement normal, t

1550 / 1740

Length, m

67.5

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

5.40

No of shafts

1

Machinery

2 MAN-Pielstick 12PA4 V200SMDS diesel-generators, 1 Jeumont electric motor

Power, h. p.

3800

Max speed, kts

12 / 20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

6500(8) / 550(4)

Armament

6 - 533 TT (bow, 18, inc. SM39 Exocet SSM (18 Black Shark, inc. 4 SM39 Block II SSM instead of torpedoes))

Electronic equipment

nav. radar, TSM 2233 Mk 2 sonar suite, DR3000 ECM suite, SUBTICS KD TAR CCS

Complement

31 + 6 commandos

Diving depth operational, m 350

Project history: Ordered in 2002 under French 'Scorpéne' design. No AIP system is fitted but this option can be added later. A machinery is rafted for sound isolation.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Tun Abdul Razak 2011

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