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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

DCNS delivers Royal Malaysian Navy's very first submarine

Scorpene-class SubmarineToday, DCNS delivered the Royal Malaysian Navy's first-ever submarine. This on-time delivery follows Malaysia¿s decision to set up a submarine force comprising two Scorpene-type conventional-propulsion boats.

The Royal Malaysian Navy took formal delivery of Scorpene submarine KD Tunku Abdul Rahman at today¿s official handover in Toulon. The guests of honour included RMN Chief of Staff Admiral Dato¿Sri Aziz Hj Jaafar.

KD Tunku Abdul Rahman is the first of two Scorpene submarines ordered by Malaysia in June 2002 and developed jointly by DCNS and Spanish naval shipbuilder Navantia. In addition to the submarines proper, the contract calls for associated logistics and training.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete31/1/09 03:41

    The Scorpene seems popular in the Indian Ocean region with India and Singapore also buying or building it.

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