KD Tunku Abdul Rahman

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.

KD Tunku Abdul Rahman at Port Klang in September 2009
History
Malaysia
Name	KD Tunku Abdul Rahman
Namesake	Tunku Abdul Rahman
Ordered	June 2002[1]
Builder	Naval Group & Navantia
Laid down	December 2003
Launched	October 2007[1]
Commissioned	January 2009[1]
Homeport	Sepanggar
Status	Active
General characteristics [2]
Class & 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 & 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

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.