KD Tun Abdul Razak at
Navantia on 23 October 2009
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History | |
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Malaysia | |
Name | KD Tun Abdul Razak |
Namesake | Tun Abdul Razak |
Ordered | June 2002 |
Builder | Naval Group & Navantia |
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 | |
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 |
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Speed |
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Range |
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Test depth | More than 300 m (980 ft) |
Complement | 32 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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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.
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]
She is laid down on 25 April 2005 and launched in October 2008. She is commissioned in December 2009 and. She was assigned at Sepanggar Naval Base, Sabah.