KD Tunku Abdul Rahman

	KD Tunku Abdul Rahman at Port Klang in September 2009
History
Malaysia
Name	KD Tunku Abdul Rahman
Namesake	Tunku Abdul Rahman
Ordered	June 2002
Builder	Naval Group, Cherbourg
Laid down	December 2003
Launched	October 2007
Commissioned	January 2009
Home port	Sepanggar
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & type	Scorpène-class submarine
Displacement	1,577 long tons (1,602 t) surfaced; 1,711 long tons (1,738 t) submerged;
Length	67.4 m (221 ft 2 in)
Beam	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draft	5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × SEMT-Pielstick 12 PA4 200SM DS diesels; 1 × Jeumont Industrie motor; 4,700 hp (3,505 kW); 1 shaft;
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced; 20.5 kn (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) submerged;
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced; 360 nmi (670 km; 410 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged;
Test depth	More than 300 m (980 ft)
Complement	32
Sensors &; processing systems	I-band navigation radar; Hull mounted, active/passive search and attack, medium frequency sonars;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	Thales DR 3000 tactical ESM receiver
Armament	6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for 18 Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei Black Shark heavyweight torpedoes and SM-39 Exocet anti-ship missiles and 30 mines in place of torpedoes

NameKD Tunku Abdul Rahman

OrderedJune 2002^[1]

BuilderNaval Group, Cherbourg

v t e Scorpène-class submarine
Chilean Navy	O'Higgins Carrera
Royal Malaysian Navy	Tunku Abdul Rahman Tun Abdul Razak
Indian Navy Kalvari class	Kalvari Khanderi Karanj Vela Vagir
Brazilian Navy Riachuelo class	Riachuelo Humaitá Tonelero Almirante Karam
Preceded by: Agosta class Followed by: Andrasta class / Marlin class

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KD Tunku Abdul Rahman at Port Klang in September 2009




Malaysia
Name	KD Tunku Abdul Rahman
Namesake	Tunku Abdul Rahman
Ordered	June 2002^[1]
Builder	Naval Group, Cherbourg
Laid down	December 2003
Launched	October 2007^[1]
Commissioned	January 2009^[1]
Home port	Sepanggar
Status	Active


General characteristics ^[2]
Class & type	Scorpène-class submarine
Displacement	1,577 long tons (1,602 t) surfaced 1,711 long tons (1,738 t) submerged
Length	67.4 m (221 ft 2 in)
Beam	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Draft	5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × SEMT-Pielstick 12 PA4 200SM DS diesels 1 × Jeumont Industrie motor 4,700 hp (3,505 kW) 1 shaft
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 20.5 kn (38.0 km/h; 23.6 mph) submerged
Range	6,000 nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) surfaced 360 nmi (670 km; 410 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Test depth	More than 300 m (980 ft)
Complement	32
Sensors & processing systems	I-band navigation radar Hull mounted, active/passive search and attack, medium frequency sonars
Electronic warfare & decoys	Thales DR 3000 tactical ESM receiver
Armament	6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes for 18 Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei Black Shark heavyweight torpedoes and SM-39 Exocet anti-ship missiles and 30 mines in place of torpedoes