KD Tun Abdul Razak

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

KD Tun Abdul Razak at Navantia on 23 October 2009
History
Malaysia
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 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

Development and design

In 2002, Malaysia ordered two Scorpène-class boats worth US$1.2 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.

References
  1. "KD Tunku Abdul Rahman". Royal Malaysian Navy Official Portal. 2012. Archived from the original on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  2. "The Market for Submarines" (PDF). Forecast International. August 2009. Archived from the original on April 17, 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  3. "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. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
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