KDB ''Darulaman'' (08) is the third ship of the ''Darussalam''-class

offshore patrol vessel A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval ship, naval vessel generally designed for Coastal defence and fortification, coastal defence, Border control, border security, or law ...

s in the sultanate of Brunei Darussalam. The vessel is in active service in the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN).

Offshore patrol vessel programme

Brunei Darussalam ordered the from

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in Germany, the same company that Brunei Darussalam contracted to sell the contract-disputed ''Nakhoda Ragam''-class corvettes. The first two Darussalam-class vessels were launched in November 2010 before being delivered to the Royal Brunei Navy at

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in January 2011. The second batch of two ships were delivered by 2014.

Construction and career

KDB ''Darulaman'' was built by

company in Germany around 2010. She is part of the second batch of two delivered from Germany to Brunei Darussalam. KDB ''Darulaman'' was commissioned on 12 August 2011 at

. All four

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s work in the

role. KDB ''Darulaman'' is named for 'Abode of Security'.

MILAN 2012

During the MILAN 2012, an exercise was hosted by the Indian Navy which KDB ''Darulaman'' was also participated.

RIMPAC 2014

''Darulaman'' and fired their missile systems for the first time. They successfully conducted their first Excoet MM40 Block II surface-to-surface missile firing at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, north of Kaua’i Island. Both RBN ships participated in Exercise RIMPAC in 2014, hosted by the United States Third Fleet off Hawaii. The ships participated in the SINKEX exercise. ''Darussalam'' and ''Darulaman'' simultaneously fired their Exocet missiles, which struck the target which was the ex-USS ''Tuscaloosa''.

CARAT 2018

KDB ''Darulaman'', , , and conducted Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) to strengthen the relations between Brunei Darussalam and United States of America. It took place in the South China Sea on 15 November 2018.

AUMX 2019

KDB ''Darulaman'', , RSS ''Tenacious'', UMS ''Kyan Sittha'', HTMS ''Krabi'', , and attended the ''US-ASEAN Maritime Exercise'' (AUMX) in the Gulf of Thailand on 3 September 2019, which ended in Singapore.

CARAT 2019

KDB ''Darulaman'', KDB ''Syafaat'', , and conducted Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) to strengthen the relations between Brunei Darussalam and United States of America. It took place in the South China Sea on 29 October 2019.

Exercise PELICAN 2019

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and Royal Brunei Navy held an exercise which consists of , , , , and KDB ''Darulaman''. All Republic of Singapore Navy ships left on 7 November 2019.

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References

External links

MilitaryFactory.comMarine Traffic.comFleetMon.comInformation.gov.gbCARAT 2019
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