tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55614445869772189922024-03-12T19:39:38.884-07:00Tentera Laut DiRaja Malaysia"SERTAILAH KAMI UNTUK MENJAGA PERAIRAN NEGARA AM NYA DAN NEGARA KHAS NYA AGAR TIDAK DICEROBOH OLEH MUSUH"....faiyzal7299http://www.blogger.com/profile/17055187306978028882noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5561444586977218992.post-86067105142582067312010-08-01T01:13:00.000-07:002010-08-01T01:13:35.324-07:00<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<small><b>Tentera Laut DiRaja Malaysia</b></small></th></tr>
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<a class="external free" href="http://www.navy.mil.my/" style="color: #16297f;">http://www.navy.mil.my</a></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><th align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Founded</th><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">27 April 1934</td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><th align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Country</th><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><img alt="" height="9" src="/thumb/4cf814822/en/fixed/19/9/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg?format=jpg" width="19" /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Malaysia" style="color: #16297f;">Malaysia</a></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><th align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Allegiance</th><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">King of Malaysia</td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><th align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Branch</th><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Navy" style="color: #16297f;">Navy</a></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><th align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Role</th><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Maritime safety</td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><th align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Size</th><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">14, 000 operatives</td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><th align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Part of</th><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Military_of_Malaysia" style="color: #16297f;">Malaysian Armed Forces</a></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><th align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Garrison/HQ</th><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Ministry_of_Defence_%28Malaysia%29" style="color: #16297f;">Ministry of Defense</a></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><th align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Motto</th><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">"Sedia Berkorban"<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>translated as "Ready To Sacrifice"</i></td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><th align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Engagements</th><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/World_War_II" style="color: #16297f;">World War II</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Malayan_Emergency" style="color: #16297f;">Malayan Emergency</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Indonesia-Malaysia_confrontation" style="color: #16297f;">Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation</a><br />
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Communist_Insurgency_War" style="color: #16297f;">Communist Insurgency War</a></td></tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><th align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Chief of RMN</th><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar</td></tr>
</tbody></table><h3 class="head1" id="1." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(215, 16, 107); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">1. History</span></span></h3><h3 class="head2" id="1.1." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">1. 1. Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve</span></span></h3><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">The Royal Malaysian Navy can trace its roots to the formation of the Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve (SSNVR) in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Singapore" style="color: #16297f;">Singapore</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on 27 April 1934 by the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/British_Empire" style="color: #16297f;">British colonial government</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in Singapore. The SSNVR was formed to assist the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Royal_Navy" style="color: #16297f;">Royal Navy</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Battle_of_Singapore" style="color: #16297f;">defense of Singapore</a>, upon which the defense of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Malay_Peninsula" style="color: #16297f;">Malay Peninsula</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was based. Another reason behind its formation were political developments in Asia, particularly a Japan that was<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Greater_East_Asia_Co-Prosperity_Sphere" style="color: #16297f;">increasingly assertive in Asia</a>. In 1938, the SSNVR was expanded with a branch in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Penang" style="color: #16297f;">Penang</a>.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">On 18 January 1935, the British<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Admiralty" style="color: #16297f;">Admiralty</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>presented Singapore with an<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Acacia_class_sloop" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Acacia</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>sloop,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/HMS_Laburnum" style="color: #16297f;">HMS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Laburnum</i></a>, to serve as the Reserve's Headquarters and drill ship. It was berthed at the Telok Ayer Basin. HMS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Laburnum</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was sunk in February 1942, prior to the capitulation of Singapore at the beginning of the Pacific<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Second_World_War" style="color: #16297f;">Second World War</a>.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">With the outbreak of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Second_World_War" style="color: #16297f;">Second World War</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in Europe, the SSNVR increased the recruitment of mainly indigenous personnel into the force, to beef up local defenses as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Royal_Navy" style="color: #16297f;">Royal Navy</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>resources were required in Europe.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Members of the SSNVR were called up to active duty, and the force was augmented by members of the Royal Navy Malay Section. This formed the basis of the navy in Malaya, called the Malay Navy, manned by indigenous<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Malay_people" style="color: #16297f;">Malay</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>personnel (similarly, the Malays were recruited into the fledgling<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Royal_Malay_Regiment" style="color: #16297f;">Malay Regiment</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>formed in 1936). The Malay Navy had a strength of 400 men who received their training at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/HMS_Pelandok" style="color: #16297f;">HMS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Pelandok</i></a>, the Royal Navy training establishment in Malaya. Recruitment was increased and in 1941 at the outbreak of the war in Asia, the Malay Navy had a strength of 1450 men.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Throughout the Second World War, the Malay Navy served with the Allied Forces in the Indian and Pacific theater of operations. When the war ended with the Japanese Surrender in 1945, only 600 personnel of the Malay Navy reported for muster. Post war economic constraints saw the disbandment of the Malay Navy in 1947.</span></span></div><h3 class="head2" id="1.2." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">1. 2. Post World War II - Formation of the Malayan Naval Force</span></span></h3><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">The Malay Navy was reactivated on 24 December 1948 at the outbreak of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Malayan_Emergency" style="color: #16297f;">Malayan Emergency</a>, the Communist-inspired insurgent war against the British Colonial government. The Malayan Naval Force regulation was officially gazetted on 4 March 1949 by the colonial authorities, and was based at an ex-<a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Royal_Air_Force" style="color: #16297f;">Royal Air Force</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>radio base station in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Woodlands,_Singapore" style="color: #16297f;">Woodlands, Singapore</a>. The base was initially called the 'MNF Barracks' but later renamed<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/HMS_Malaya" style="color: #16297f;">HMS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Malaya</i></a>. The Malayan RNVR was reconstituted as a joint force comprising the Singapore Division and the Federation Division, by an Ordinance passed in Singapore in 1952.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">The main mission of the Malayan Naval Force (MNF) was coastal patrol in order to stop the communist terrorists from receiving supplies from the sea. In addition, the Force was tasked with guarding the approaches to Singapore and other ports.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">The MNF was firstly equipped with a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/River_class_frigate" style="color: #16297f;"><i>River</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>frigate,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/HMS_Test_%28K239%29" style="color: #16297f;">HMS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Test</i></a>, which was used as a training ship. By 1950, the MNF fleet had expanded to include ex-Japanese minelayer, HMS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Laburnum</i>, Landing Craft Tank (LST) HMS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Pelandok</i>("Mousedeer"), motor fishing vessel HMS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Panglima</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>("Marshall"), torpedo recovery vessel HMS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Simbang</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and several<a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Harbour_Defence_Motor_Launch" style="color: #16297f;">seaward defence motor launches</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(SDML).</span></span></div><h3 class="head2" id="1.3." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">1. 3. "Royal" Title</span></span></h3><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">In August 1952, Queen<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom" style="color: #16297f;">Elizabeth II</a>, bestowed the title "Royal Malayan Navy" to the Malayan Naval Force in recognition of the sterling service in action during the Malayan Emergency.</span></span></div><h3 class="head2" id="1.4." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">1. 4. Independence</span></span></h3><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Federation_of_Malaya" style="color: #16297f;">Malaya</a>, soon after attaining independence on 31 August 1957, had successfully negotiated with the British Government and had the British Royal Malayan Navy transferred to the independent<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Federation_of_Malaya" style="color: #16297f;">Federation of Malaya</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on 12 July 1958. With the hoisting of the Federation naval ensign - the White Ensign modified by the substitution of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Union_Flag" style="color: #16297f;">Union Flag</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>with the Federation flag in the canton - the RMN was thus made responsible for Malaya's maritime self defence.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">From then on it became Malayan owned and administered. The designation "Royal" in Royal Malayan Navy was now in reference to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong" style="color: #16297f;">Yang di-Pertuan Agong</a>, who became the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Supreme_Commander_of_the_Malaysian_Armed_Forces" style="color: #16297f;">Supreme Commander of the Malaysian Armed Forces</a>. All ships, facilities, and personnel serving in the Royal Malayan Navy were inherited by the Malayan government.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">The new force shouldered the responsibility with only an operational and training base at HMMS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Malaya</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and a small coastal fleet of one LCT, two<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Ham_class_minesweeper" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Ham</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>minesweepers, one coastal minelayer, and seven MLs (the ex-RN 200th Patrol Squadron) on transfer from the Royal Navy.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">On 16 September 1963 the naval force was renamed the Royal Malaysian Navy, following the formation of Malaysia. The RMN was gradually strengthened after the formation of Malaysia. 18<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Keris_class_patrol_boat" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Keris</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class patrol boats</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>were ordered from Vosper, and these formed the mainstay of the navy for years to come. These 103 ft (31 m) boats were driven by Maybach diesels and capable of 27 knots (50 km/h). The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Keris</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>patrol boats were confined to coastal patrols and had short endurance. An offensive capability was acquired with the purchase of four Vosper<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Brave_class_fast_attack_craft" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Brave</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class fast attack craft</a>. The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Perkasa_class_fast_patrol_boat" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Perkasa</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class Fast Patrol Boats</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>were built for the RMN by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Vosper_Thorneycroft" style="color: #16297f;">Vosper Thorneycroft</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in 1967, powered by three<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Rolls-Royce_Limited" style="color: #16297f;">Rolls Royce</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Marine Proteus gas turbines as the main power plant with two diesel auxiliary engines for cruising and manoeuvring. These were armed with four 21-inch (53 cm) torpedoes, one<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Bofors_40%C2%A0mm_gun" style="color: #16297f;">Bofors 40 mm gun</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>forward, and one 20 mm cannon aft. They had a maximum speed of 54 knots (100 km/h) and was driven by triple propellers.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">The Royal Navy transferred the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Loch_class_frigate" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Loch</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>frigate<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/HMS_Loch_Insh_%28K433%29" style="color: #16297f;">HMS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Loch Insh</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to the RMN in 1964 and renamed KD (<i>Kapal di-Raja</i>, "His Majesty's Ship")<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/KD_Hang_Tuah" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Hang Tuah</i></a>. In 1965, during the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Indonesian_Confrontation" style="color: #16297f;">Indonesian Confrontation</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Hang Tuah</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>took over guardship duties off<a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Tawau" style="color: #16297f;">Tawau</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/HMAS_Yarra_%28DE_45%29" style="color: #16297f;">HMS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Yarra</i></a>. The ship served the RMN until decommissioned in the 1970s and scrapped. The RMN also used some of the decommissioned ship as a part of navy monument. Visitor and tourist can visit and explore this nostalgic ship at Bandar Hilir, Melaka or at the Lumut Navy base.</span></span></div><h3 class="head2" id="1.5." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">1. 5. Malaysianisation of the Navy</span></span></h3><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Following the end of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Indonesian_Confrontation" style="color: #16297f;">Indonesian Confrontation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in 1966<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Tunku_Abdul_Rahman" style="color: #16297f;">Tunku Abdul Rahman</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and his colleagues decided to Malaysianise the top posts in the navy and air force. They initially offered these posts to two senior Malaysian army generals, who declined for two main reasons. First they felt that they were not professionally qualified and second because they did not want to jeopardise their own careers in the army.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Tunku and his colleagues then decided that they would select two officers, one from the navy and one from the air force, and appoint them chiefs of their respective services. They were fully aware of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/K._Thanabalasingam" style="color: #16297f;">Rear Admiral Datuk K. Thanabalasingam's</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>age but decided, nevertheless, to appoint him and take the risk. This exercise created history not only because Malaysians for the first time were appointed to these two top posts but also because of his age—he was 31 years old and a bachelor.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Under Thanabalasingam and with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Tunku_Abdul_Rahman" style="color: #16297f;">Tunku Abdul Rahman</a>'s foresight and will, they were responsible for initiating the gradual transformation of the navy from a coastal navy (brown water force) to an ocean-going navy (blue water navy).</span></span></div><h3 class="head2" id="1.6." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">1. 6. 1970's Onwards</span></span></h3><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">In 1977, the RMN acquired the frigate<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/KD_Hang_Tuah" style="color: #16297f;">HMS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Mermaid</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from the Royal Navy to replace the decommissioned<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Hang Tuah</i>. The ship was also named<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/KD_Hang_Tuah" style="color: #16297f;">KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Hang Tuah</i></a>, but retained HMS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Mermaid</i>’s pennant number of F72.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Hang Tuah</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is a 2,300 standard ton light patrol frigate armed with twin 102 mm guns.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Hang Tuah</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>gradually reverted to a training role and currently continues in that role for the RMN.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/KD_Rahmat" style="color: #16297f;">KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Rahmat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(ex-HANG JEBAT) (F24) joined the RMN in 1972. The 2,300-ton ship was a one-off Yarrow light frigate design for the RMN. The ship was originally named<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/KD_Hang_Jebat" style="color: #16297f;">KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Hang Jebat</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>but renamed after initial propulsion problems during pre commissioning trials. It was the first Malaysian naval vessel equipped with a missile (Seacat) system.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Rahmat</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was decommissioned in 2004.</span></span></div><div class="pic_root" style="background-color: #efefef; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); color: black; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="pic_text" style="padding: 0px 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br />
</span></span></div></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">The RMN purchased several types of missile boats in the 1970s and 80s. These were four<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/La_Combattante_class_fast_attack_craft" style="color: #16297f;">Combattante II</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>attack boats purchased from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/France" style="color: #16297f;">France</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and four<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Spica_M" style="color: #16297f;">Spica M</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from Sweden. Both classes were armed with the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Exocet_MM38" style="color: #16297f;">Exocet MM38</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>missiles. The RMN also acquired two 1,300-ton OPVs of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Korea" style="color: #16297f;">Korean</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>design. Sealift requirements were met by the purchases of several ex-<a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/United_States_Navy" style="color: #16297f;">United States Navy</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/World_War_II" style="color: #16297f;">World War II</a>-era<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Landing_Ship,_Tank" style="color: #16297f;">LSTs</a>.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Sri Langkawi</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(A1500), ex-<a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/USS_Hunterdon_County_%28LST-838%29" style="color: #16297f;">USS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Hunterdon County</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(LST-838)</a>, KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Sri Banggi</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(A1501),ex-<a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/USS_Henry_County_%28LST-824%29" style="color: #16297f;">USS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Henry County</i>(LST-834)</a>, and KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Rajah Jarom</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(A1502), ex-<a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/USS_Sedgwick_County_%28LST-1123%29" style="color: #16297f;">USS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Sedgwick County</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(LST-1123)</a>, were replaced by KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Sri Indera Pura</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(A1505), the ex-<a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Newport_class_tank_landing_ship" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Newport</i>-class</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>LST<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/USS_Spartanburg_County_%28LST-1192%29" style="color: #16297f;">USS<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Spartanburg County</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(LST-1192)</a>. Additional sealift capability is provided by two 4,300-ton, 100-meter Multi-Role Support Ships,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/KD_Sri_Indera_Sakti" style="color: #16297f;">KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Sri Indera Sakti</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(A1503)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/KD_Merong_Mahawangsa" style="color: #16297f;">KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Mahawangsa</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(A1504)</a>.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Minehunting capabilities are provided by 4<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Mahameru_class_minehunter" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Mahameru</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>minehunters</a>. These are Italian-built ships based on the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Lerici_class_minehunter" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Lerici</i></a>, but displacing 610 tons. Hydrographic duties are handled by<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/KD_Perantau" style="color: #16297f;">KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Perantau</i></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/KD_Mutiara" style="color: #16297f;">KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Mutiara</i></a>.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">A Naval Air Wing was also founded with the purchase of ex-Royal Navy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Westland_Wasp" style="color: #16297f;">Westland Wasps</a>.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Four ships of the RMN have been officially decommissioned and handed over to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Malaysian_Maritime_Enforcement_Agency" style="color: #16297f;">Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency</a>. The vessels are patrol boats KD Lembing and KD Sri Melaka, and offshore patrol vessels KD Marikh and KD Musytari. MMEA had received a total of 17 vessels from the RMN fleet to equip its enforcement operations. 6 of the vessels were transferred in August 2005 and 7 were handed over in January 2006.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="external autonumber" href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/6/27/southneast/14644773&sec=southneast" style="color: #16297f;">[1]</a></span></span></div><h3 class="head1" id="2." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(215, 16, 107); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">2. RMN Current Fleet</span></span></h3><div class="pic_root" style="background-color: #efefef; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); color: black; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="pic_text" style="padding: 0px 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Laksamana</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class corvette KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Laksamana Mohammad Amin</i>.</span></span></div></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">In the late 1980s, another renovation was taken by the Royal Malaysian Navy. Four<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Laksamana_class_corvette" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Laksamana</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class corvettes</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>were purchased from Italy. These compact ships were originally built for Iraq, but were not delivered due to international sanctions put in place against Iraq.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">A prominent addition to the fleet were two<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Lekiu_class_frigate" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Lekiu</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class frigates</a>. Based on the YARROW F2000 design, the two 2,300-ton frigates are armed with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Exocet_MM40_II" style="color: #16297f;">Exocet MM40 II</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>SSM and the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Sea_Wolf" style="color: #16297f;">Sea Wolf</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>VLS point defence SAM system with accommodation of one<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Westland" style="color: #16297f;">Westland</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Super Lynx helicopter.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Complementing the two<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Lekiu</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>frigates are two German-built<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Kasturi_class_frigate" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Kasturi</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class frigates</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>which were delivered in the early 1980s. These vessels, together with two<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Mahamiru</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(<i>Lerici</i>) class minehunters, had been scheduled to receive the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP).</span></span></div><h3 class="head2" id="2.1." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">2. 1. SLEP</span></span></h3><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">THALES Naval Division has been selected as the contractor of the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) involve of the<i>Kasturi</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Class corvettes - KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Kasturi</i>, KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Lekir</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and two<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Mahamiru</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(<i>Lerici</i>) class minehunters - KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Mahamiru</i>, KD<i>Ledang</i>. The corvettes will receive radar and fire control upgrade while the minehunters will receive the new wide band sonar, 2022MkIII. The programme aim to extend the service life of these surface combatants by another 10 years.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[1]</small></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[2]</small></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[3]</small></sup></span></span></div><h3 class="head1" id="3." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(215, 16, 107); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">3. RMN Future Fleet</span></span></h3><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">The RMN Future Fleet programme is component of second batch of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Lekiu_class_frigate" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Lekiu</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class frigates</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Scorp%C3%A8ne_class_submarine" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Scorpène</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class submarines</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/New_Generation_Patrol_Vessels" style="color: #16297f;">New Generation Patrol Vessels</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(NGPV), Multi-Purpose Support Ship (MPSS) and maritime patrol aircraft. The ultimate goal is to build a six vessels squadron of each class by year 2020.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[4]</small></sup></span></span></div><h3 class="head2" id="3.1." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">3. 1. Scorpene submarine</span></span></h3><div class="pic_root" style="background-color: #efefef; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); color: black; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="pic_text" style="padding: 0px 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Royal Malaysian Navy Scorpene submarine title as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Tunku Abdul Rahman</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>during Trials near Lorient in march 2008.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Malaysia's first Scorpene-class diesel-electric submarine named after the country's first premier "KD Tunku Abdul Rahman" inducted in Malaysia's Naval fleet at a ceremony.</span></span></div></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Two<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Scorp%C3%A8ne_class_submarine" style="color: #16297f;"><i>Scorpène</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class submarines</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>were ordered by the RMN on June 5, 2002 under a €1.04 billion (about RM4.78 billion) contract<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[5]</small></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>. The two<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Scorpène</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>submarines were built jointly by the French shipbuilder,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/DCNS" style="color: #16297f;">DCNS</a>, and its Spanish partner,<a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Navantia" style="color: #16297f;">Navantia</a>. They are armed with Blackshark wire-guided torpedoes and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Exocet_SM-39" style="color: #16297f;">Exocet SM-39</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>sub-launched anti-ship missiles.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">The submarine program also included the redeployment of an<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Agosta</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class submarine retired from the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/French_Navy" style="color: #16297f;">French Navy</a>, for the training of submarine crews. The training of 150 Malaysian sailors, mainly in Brest,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/France" style="color: #16297f;">France</a>, represented an important aspect of the program.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">In 2006, the RMN had launched a nationwide competition in order to select the names for the first two Malaysian submarines. On 26 July, RMN announced these vessels will be named after historic Malaysians. The first hull will be named KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Tunku Abdul Rahman</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and the second hull KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Tun Razak</i>. These vessels are classified as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Perdana Menteri</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Class in service with RMN.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[6]</small></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The first vessel, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman was launched on October 24, 2007 at the DCNS dockyard, Cherbourg, France<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[7]</small></sup></span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">On 3 September 2009,the first Scorpene submarine of Malaysia KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, arrived at a Port Klang naval base on peninsular Malaysia's west coast after a 54-day voyage from France.</span></span></div><h3 class="head2" id="3.2." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">3. 2. Kedah Class New Generation Patrol Vessel</span></span></h3><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">Main article:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Kedah_class_OPV" style="color: #16297f;">Kedah class OPV</a></span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">In 1996, Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) planned to acquire a total of 27 New Generation Patrol Vessels (NGPV) to full fill its future requirement. The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Germany" style="color: #16297f;">Germany</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Blohm_%2B_Voss" style="color: #16297f;">Blohm + Voss</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/MEKO_100" style="color: #16297f;">MEKO 100</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>based design was selected and a contract of 6 NGPVs was signed in 2003. However due to management failure of the main contractor, PSC-Naval Dockyard Sdn Bhd (PCS-ND), progression was seriously delayed and led the program into crisis. This may also affect the initial planned total number of NGPVs to be decreased. However under the intervention of the Malaysian Government, Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd took over the PCS-ND, thus regaining momentum for the program.</span></span></div><div class="root"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><h3 class="head2" id="3.3." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;">3. 3. Second Batch of Lekiu Class Frigate</h3><div class="root">The Malaysian Minister of Defence, Najib Razak, announced at the Farnborough Air Show that Malaysia would be buying 2 frigates from the United Kingdom.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[8]</small></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Evening Times published on 20 July 2006 reported that the Clyde shipyard has won a contract to help build two<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Lekiu_class_frigate" style="color: #16297f;"><em>Lekiu</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>warships for Malaysia.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[9]</small></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[10]</small></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The two frigates will be completed at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Labuan" style="color: #16297f;">Labuan</a>Shipyard and Engineering in Malaysia as a condition of the deal. The new frigates are said to be benefit from the latest U.K.Type 45 (T45) destroyer technology transfer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[11]</small></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>However RMN had denied the report and said the authorities had not decided where to assemble the frigates.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[12]</small></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>While the price of procurement and technical speculations are yet to be decided, Annual Report 2006 published by MoD anticipates the new frigates to have a larger displacement than the current<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Lekiu</em>class and capable of area air defence.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[3]</small></sup></div><div class="root">The latest report from the UK Times appear to indicate that the Second Batch of Lekiu or Project Brave have had been canceled due to the lack of funds<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[13]</small></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>.</div><h3 class="head2" id="3.4." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;">3. 4. Maritime Patrol Aircraft</h3><div class="root">Currently, RMN has no fixed wing patrol aircraft and is dependent on the RMAF’s fleet of four Beechcraft B200T maritime patrol aircraft to execute long-range patrols. This procurement will enable RMN to focus on operational maritime surveillance whilst the RMAF focuses on a strategic surveillance role, through the acquisition of Airborne Early Warning aircraft. However there is no budget allocated for this procurement until<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/RMK_9" style="color: #16297f;">RMK 9</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[14]</small></sup></div><h3 class="head2" id="3.5." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;">3. 5. Anti Submarine Helicopter</h3><div class="root">Navy chief Admiral Datuk Abdul Aziz Jaafar unveiled an intention of the navy to acquire at least six ASW helicopters as a complement to the soon to be commissioned<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Scorpene" style="color: #16297f;">Scorpene</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>submarines. The navy is looking forward to include the procurement into the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/RMK_10" style="color: #16297f;">RMK 10</a>. However he also admitted that the plan is still at the preliminary discussion stage.</div><h3 class="head2" id="3.6." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;">3. 6. Multi-Purpose Support Ship</h3><div class="root">RMN has an outstanding requirement for a Multi-Purpose Support Ship (MPSS) to replace the KD Inderapura. The MPSS was originally slated to be included in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/9th_Malaysian_Plan" style="color: #16297f;">Ninth Malaysian Plan</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>but was subsequently postponed due the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932010" style="color: #16297f;">financial crisis of 2008</a>. However, with the fire and damage to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/USS_Spartanburg_County_%28LST-1192%29" style="color: #16297f;">KD Inderapura</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in October 2009, the replacement program is expected to be restarted.</div><h3 class="head1" id="4." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(215, 16, 107); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;">4. Commanders of the RMN</h3><div class="root"></div><h3 class="head2" id="4.1." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;">4. 1. Chief of Navy</h3><ul><li>Admiral :- Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar</li>
</ul><div class="root">Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar assumed his appointment as the Chief of Navy on 1 April 2008.</div><dl><dt>Profiles</dt>
</dl><div class="root">Admiral Datuk Abdul Aziz Jaafar was born in Sungai Udang, Malacca on 7 May 1956. He joined the service in 1974 and was then commissioned into His Majesty's service as a Sub-Lieutenan in 1977. He had his secondary education at the Sekolah Menengah Masjid Tanah and later at the Royal Military College, Sungai Besi.</div><div class="root">Throughout his 31 years in service, Admiral Datul Abdul Abdul Aziz has held various appointments both at sea and ashore. He was the Chief of Staff to the Fleet Operations Commander in 2001. In July 2002 he assumed duty as Commander, Naval Region 2 in Labuan. In July 2005 he was appointed as Assistant Chief of Staff Human-Resources in RMN Headquarters. He was appointed as Fleet Operations Commander for 6 months on 27 January 2006 until 28 July 2006 before taking up his last job as the Assistant Chief of Staff Defence Operations and Training at the MAF Headquarters.</div><div class="root">Admiral Datuk Abdul Aziz was a commissioning crew for 4 RMN ships namely KD PAUS in Hong Leong-Lurssen, Malaysia ( 1976), KD SRI INDERA SAKTI in Bremen, Germany (1980), KD KASTURI in Kiel (1984) and KD LAKSAMANA MUHAMMHAD AMIN in LA Spezia, Italy (1999). He has command of 3 RMN ships before, such as KD BAUNG in 1986, KD MUSYTARI an Offshore Patrol Vessel from 1994 to 1996 and KD LAKSAMANA MUHAMMAD AMIN from 1999-2001. He was the Senior Officer Afloat while commanding RMN Missile Corvette KD LAKSAMANA MUHAMMAD AMIN from 2000 to 2001.</div><div class="root">Admiral Datuk Abdul Aziz has attended various professional and career courses locally and abroad. Among the courses were International Navigation Specialization Courses, United Kingdom in 1980, Malaysia Armed Forces Staff Course in 1991 and Naval Command Course at the Naval War College, United States in 1995. Whilst undergoing this course, he pursued his MA studies majoring in International Relations at the Salve Regina University graduating with distinction.</div><div class="root">Admiral Datuk Abdul Aziz is married to Datin Sarah Tun Abdul Ghafar. He has a wide range of interests. He is a keen golfer and an avid reader. His favourite subjects are sports, international relations, leadership and management.</div><div class="root">In recognition of his services, Admiral Datuk Abdul Aziz has been bestowed the Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) by the HE the Governor for the State of Malacca which carries the title of Datuk, the Malaysian Armed Forces award "Pahlawan Angkatan Tentera"(PAT), the National award " Johan Setia Mahkota"(JSM) and "Kesatria Mangku Negara"(KMN) and the State Award "Bintang Cemerlang Melaka"(BCM).</div><h3 class="head1" id="5." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(215, 16, 107); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;">5. Ranks of The Royal Malaysian Navy</h3><div class="root">This is the list of ranks that is currently used in the Royal Malaysian Navy, from the highest rank to the lowest rank.</div><div class="root"><strong>Flag Officer</strong></div><table class="normal roottable" style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); clear: both; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 2px;"><tbody>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><strong>Rank</strong></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Admiral of the Fleet</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Vice Admiral</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Rear Admiral</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">First Admiral</td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><strong>Malay</strong></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Laksamana Armada</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Laksamana Madya</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Laksamana Muda</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Laksamana Pertama</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="root"><strong>Commissioned Officer</strong></div><table class="normal roottable" style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); clear: both; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 2px;"><tbody>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><strong>Rank</strong></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Captain</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Commander</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Lieutenant Commander</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Lieutenant</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Sub Lieutenant</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Acting Sub Lieutenant</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Midshipmen</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Cadet</td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><strong>Malay</strong></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Kepten</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Komander</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Leftenan Komander</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Leftenan</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Leftenan Madya</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Leftenan Muda</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Pegawai Kadet Kanan</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Kadet</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="root"><strong>Enlisted</strong></div><table class="normal roottable" style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); clear: both; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 2px;"><tbody>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><strong>Rank</strong></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Warrant Officer</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Chief Petty Officer</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Petty Officer</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Leading Seaman</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Seaman/Seawoman</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Seaman/Seawoman Apprentice</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Seaman/Seawoman Recruit</td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><strong>Malay</strong></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Pegawai Waran</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Bintara Kanan</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Bintara Muda</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Laskar Kanan</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Laskar Muda</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Perantis Laskar Laut</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Rekrut Laskar Laut</td></tr>
</tbody></table><h3 class="head1" id="6." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(215, 16, 107); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;">6. Bases</h3><div class="root">The RMN's Fleet HQ is called KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Malaya</em>, in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Lumut" style="color: #16297f;">Lumut</a>, Perak. Other bases are located at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Tanjong_Gelang" style="color: #16297f;">Tanjong Gelang</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Kuantan" style="color: #16297f;">Kuantan</a>, Pahang, which also serves as HQ Naval Region I and KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Sultan Ismail</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Tanjung_Pengelih" style="color: #16297f;">Tanjung Pengelih</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Johor" style="color: #16297f;">Johor</a>, where the Recruit Training Centre is located. Base are also located in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Sandakan" style="color: #16297f;">Sandakan</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Sabah" style="color: #16297f;">Sabah</a>. The principal<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Submarine_base" style="color: #16297f;">submarine base</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is located at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Teluk_Sepanggar" style="color: #16297f;">Teluk Sepanggar</a>, Sabah, which also serves as HQ Naval Region II.</div><div class="root">Another base is also being constructed on Pulau Langkawi, Kedah to provide the RMN with readier access into the Indian Ocean. Ready access into the Pacific Ocean is available via the existing base at Semporna, Sabah.</div><h3 class="head2" id="6.1." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;">6. 1. List of Naval Bases</h3><div class="pic_root" style="background-color: #efefef; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); color: black; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="pic_text" style="padding: 0px 2px;"><br />
The Lumut Base in Lumut, Perak</div></div><ul><li>TLDM Lumut, Perak<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup><small>[15]</small></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Lumut is also well known as The Home of Navy(Fleet HQ and location of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Boustead_Naval_Shipyard_Sdn_Bhd" style="color: #16297f;">Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd</a>)</li>
<li>TLDM Tanjung Gelang,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Pahang" style="color: #16297f;">Pahang</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(HQ Naval Region I)</li>
<li>TLDM Tanjung Pengelih,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Johor" style="color: #16297f;">Johor</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(Recruit Training Centre (PULAREK)) (KD Sultan Ismail)</li>
<li>TLDM<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Sandakan" style="color: #16297f;">Sandakan</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Sabah" style="color: #16297f;">Sabah</a></li>
<li>TLDM<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Semporna" style="color: #16297f;">Semporna</a>, Sabah</li>
<li>TLDM<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Sepanggar" style="color: #16297f;">Sepanggar</a>, Sabah (HQ Naval Region II)</li>
<li>National Hydrographic Centre,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Pulau_Indah" style="color: #16297f;">Pulau Indah</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Selangor" style="color: #16297f;">Selangor</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(KD Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah)</li>
<li>TLDM Bukit Malut,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Langkawi" style="color: #16297f;">Langkawi</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(HQ Naval Region III)</li>
</ul><h3 class="head1" id="7." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(215, 16, 107); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;">7. Ships and Weapon systems</h3><div class="root">All RMN Ships carry the prefix KD for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Kapal di-Raja</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>meaning His Majesty's Ship. The Training vessel Tunas Samudra however carries a KLD prefix for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Kapal Layar di-Raja</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>for His Majesty's Sailing Ship.</div><div class="cuttablerow_last" style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0px; padding: 1px;"><table class="normal" style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); clear: both; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 2px;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong class="selflink">Ships of the Royal Malaysian Navy</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></th></tr>
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<em><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/KD_Tunku_Abdul_Rahman" style="color: #16297f;">KD Tunku Abdul Rahman</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>• KD Tun Abdul Razak</em></div></td></tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Lekiu_class_frigate" style="color: #16297f;">Lekiu Class</a></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><em><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/KD_Jebat" style="color: #16297f;">KD Jebat</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>• KD Lekiu</em></td></tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Kasturi_class_frigate" style="color: #16297f;">Kasturi Class</a></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><em>KD Kasturi • KD Lekir</em></td></tr>
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<em>KD Laksamana Hang Nadim • KD Laksamana Tun Abdul Jamil • KD Laksamana Muhammad Amin • KD Laksamana Tun Pusmah</em></div></td></tr>
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<em>KD Mahamiru • KD Jerai • KD Ledang • KD Kinabalu</em></div></td></tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Patrol_boat" style="color: #16297f;">Patrol vessels</a></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><br />
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Kedah_class_offshore_patrol_vessel" style="color: #16297f;">Kedah Class OPV</a></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><em>KD Kedah • KD Pahang • KD Perak • KD Terengganu • KD Kelantan • KD Selangor</em></td></tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Handalan Class</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><em>KD Handalan • KD Perkasa • KD Pendekar • KD Gempita</em></td></tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Kris Class</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><em>KD Keris • KD Sundang • KD Badek • KD Renchong • KD Tombak • KD Lembing • KD Panah • KD Kerambit • KD Beladau • KD Kelewang • KD Rentaka • KD Sri Perlis • KD Sri Sabah • KD Sri Sarawak • KD Sri Melaka</em></td></tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Survey_vessel" style="color: #16297f;">Hydrographic Survey Vessels</a></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><br />
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<em>KD Perantau • KD Mutiara</em></div></td></tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Perdana Class</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><em>KD Perdana • KD Serang • KD Ganas • KD Ganyang</em></td></tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Jerong Class</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><em>KD Jerung • KD Todak • KD Paus • KD Yu • KD Baung • KD Pari</em></td></tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Sri Tiga Class</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">KD Sri Tiga • KD Sri Gaya</td></tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Auxiliary_ship" style="color: #16297f;">Auxiliary Vessels</a></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><br />
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<em>KD Sri Inderapura • TLDM Bunga Mas Lima</em></div></td></tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Miscellaneous<br />
vessels</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><br />
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Sri Indera Sakti Class (Combat Support Ship)</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><em>KD Sri Indera Sakti •<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/KD_Mahawangsa" style="color: #16297f;">KD Mahawangsa</a></em></td></tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Training Ship</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><em><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/KD_Hang_Tuah" style="color: #16297f;">KD Hang Tuah</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>• KLD Tunas Samudera • MV Fajar Samudera • MV STS Puteri Mahsuri</em></td></tr>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Tugboat" style="color: #16297f;">Tugboat</a></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><em>KTD Penyu • KTD Sotong • KTD Kepah</em></td></tr>
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</tbody></table></div><h3 class="head2" id="7.1." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;">7. 1. Air Combat Weapon</h3><div class="pic_root" style="background-color: #efefef; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); color: black; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="pic_text" style="padding: 0px 2px;"><br />
RMN Fennec during LIMA 2005</div></div><table class="normal roottable" style="background-color: #eeeeee; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid none; border-top: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); clear: both; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 2px;"><tbody>
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Eurocopter_Fennec" style="color: #16297f;">Eurocopter Fennec</a></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><img alt="" height="12" src="/thumb/4cf814822/en/fixed/19/12/Flag_of_France.svg?format=jpg" width="19" /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/France" style="color: #16297f;">France</a></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Surface Surveillance<sup><small>[16]</small></sup></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">AS 550 Fennec</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">6</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><br />
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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-collapse: collapse;"><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Westland_Lynx" style="color: #16297f;">Westland Lynx</a></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top"><img alt="" height="12" src="/thumb/4cf814822/en/fixed/19/12/Flag_of_Italy.svg?format=jpg" width="19" /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Italy" style="color: #16297f;">Italy</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><img alt="" height="9" src="/thumb/4cf814822/en/fixed/19/9/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg?format=jpg" width="19" /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/United_Kingdom" style="color: #16297f;">United Kingdom</a></td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">Anti-Submarine Warfare</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">SuperLynx 300</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">6</td><td align="left" style="padding: 1px;" valign="top">It is equipped with the MBDA<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Sea_Skua" style="color: #16297f;">Sea Skua</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>antiship missile.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="root">The Westland Wasps were retired from service in 1999. As a replacement, RMN now has 6<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/AgustaWestland" style="color: #16297f;">AgustaWestland</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Westland_Lynx" style="color: #16297f;">SuperLynx 300</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mk100 helicopters which are operated by the 501 Squadron and another 6<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Eurocopter" style="color: #16297f;">Eurocopter</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Eurocopter_Fennec" style="color: #16297f;">AS 555 Fennecs</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>which are operated by the 502 Squadron. Both squadrons were managed and supported at their main base, KD<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Rajawali</em>. One of the WASPS is been displayed at Royal Navy Museum at Bandar Hilir, Melaka.</div><h3 class="head1" id="8." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(215, 16, 107); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;">8. Current Fleet of the RMN</h3><ul><li>Squadron 21 Frigate</li>
<li>Squadron 23 Frigate</li>
<li>Squadron 22 Corvette</li>
<li>Squadron 24 Corvette</li>
<li>Squadron 26 Mine Counter Measure Vessel</li>
<li>Squadron 31 MPCSS</li>
<li>Squadron 32 SEALIFT</li>
<li>Squadron 36 HYDRO</li>
<li>Squadron 1 FAC (M)</li>
<li>Squadron 6 FPC (LABUAN)</li>
<li>Squadron 13 PC (SANDAKAN)</li>
</ul><ul><li>Squadron FAST TROOP VESSEL (FTV)</li>
<li>Squadron DIVING TENDER</li>
<li>Squadron TUG</li>
</ul><h3 class="head2" id="8.1." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(239, 86, 169); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;">8. 1. Transferred to Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency</h3><div class="root"><strong>Musytari</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class offshore patrol vessels</div><ul><li>160 KD Musytari</li>
<li>161 KD Marikh</li>
</ul><div class="root"><strong>Keris Class</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Patrol Craft</div><ul><li>ex-P 40 KD Lembing</li>
<li>ex-P 3147 KD Sri Melaka</li>
</ul><h3 class="head1" id="9." style="border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(215, 16, 107); margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-top: 1em;">9. Special Forces</h3><div class="root">Main article:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/PASKAL" style="color: #16297f;">PASKAL</a></div><div class="pic_root" style="background-color: #efefef; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); color: black; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 3px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="pic_text" style="padding: 0px 2px;"><br />
Navy Special Operations Force PASKAL operatives during the hostage rescue drill in MISC merchant vessel.</div></div><div class="root">The special forces arm of the RMN is known as PASKAL (Pasukan Khas Laut). In peacetime, the unit is tasked with responding to maritime hijacking incidents as well as protecting Malaysia's numerous offshore oil and gas platforms. Its wartime roles include seaborne infiltration, sabotaging of enemy naval assets and installations and the defense of RMN vessels and bases. This unit is analogous to the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/United_States_Navy_SEALs" style="color: #16297f;">United States Navy SEALs</a>.</div><div class="root">Starting 15 April 2009, PASKAL team will be known as KD Panglima Hitam. The ceremony has been done in Naval Main HQ, Lumut Perak to honour PASKAL braveness and loyalty to nation. Panglima Hitam is nick name given to brave and loyal Malay warrior serve during Malay Sultanate era in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Perak" style="color: #16297f;">Perak</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Selangor" style="color: #16297f;">Selangor</a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Johor" style="color: #16297f;">Johor</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/en/Negeri_Sembilan" style="color: #16297f;">Negeri Sembilan</a>.<a class="external autonumber" href="http://www.navy.mil.my/content/view/403/18/lang,en/" style="color: #16297f;">[2]</a></div></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"></span></span>faiyzal7299http://www.blogger.com/profile/17055187306978028882noreply@blogger.com0