KDB ''Darulehsan'' (07) is the second ship of the

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s in the

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. The vessel is in active service in the

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(RBN) (, TLDB).

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

Muara Naval Base The Muara Naval Base ( ms, Pangkalan Tentera Laut Muara), is a naval base that serves as the main headquarters for the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN), which is located in Muara, Brunei-Muara District, Brunei. It can also be noted that the base sits nea ...

in January 2011, and jointly commissioned by the Sultan of Brunei,

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, on . The second batch of two ships were delivered by 2014.

Construction and career

KDB ''Darulehsan'' was built by

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around 2009 to 2010. She is part of the first batch of two delivered from Germany to Brunei Darussalam. ''Darulehsan'' and were commissioned together on 4 May 2011 at

. All four of her

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s work in the

role. KDB ''Darulehsan'' is named for the state of

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

(known as ''Darul Ehsan'', or 'Abode of Sincerity').

Exercise Pelican 2011

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and Brunei concluded their

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bilateral naval exercise, Exercise Pelican, from 10 to 13 July 2011, which consists of KDB ''Darulehsan'', KDB ''Syafaat'', KDB ''Itjihad'', and RSS ''Stalwart''.

WPNS 2014

On 14 April 2014, KDB ''Darulehsan'' set sail to Qingdao, China, for 'Western Pacific Naval Symposium 2014' (WPNS 2014). It is the first time the Royal Brunei Navy visited China and participated in one of its naval exercises. KDB ''Darulehsan'' returned to port on 5 May 2014.

Goodwill visit to Vietnam, 2014

On 30 April 2014, KDB ''Darulehsan'' arrived at

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, Vietnam, for a goodwill visit and to enhance diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Exercise Hornbill 24/2014

KDB ''Darulehsan'' (commanded by Lt Col (L) Willie Padan), , KD ''Selangor'', and KD ''Ganas'' attended

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24/2014 in Brunei from 18 to 24 November 2014, hosted by both the

and the

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LIMA'15

KDB ''Darulehsan'' was sent on a maritime exercise in

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, Malaysia for 'Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition 2015' (LIMA'15), which lasted from 17–21 March 2015. She returned to Muara Naval Base on 26 March 2015.

Exercise Pelican 2015

and Brunei concluded their flagship bilateral naval exercise on 27 November 2015. Exercise Pelican ran from 23 to 27 November 2015, hosted by the

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. The exercise featured RSS ''Valiant'', , , and KDB ''Darulehsan''.

Exercise Pelican 2019

The

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

Exercise RIMPAC 2020

KDB ''Darulehsan'' joined , , , and on their way to

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, in preparation for RIMPAC 2020 on 6 August.

AIME 2023

KDB ''Darulehsan'', captained by Commander Saiful Hazril bin Ali with a ships' complement of 67 crew, took part in the ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise (AIME) 2023 in the

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, a fourteen-day deployment starting on 27 April 2023.

ASEX-01 N 2023

KDB ''Darulehsan'' took part in the inaugural multilateral naval exercise of the

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(ASEAN), attended by vessels from Indonesia, Brunei (KDB ''Darulehsan''), Malaysia (), and Singapore (). 'ASEAN Solidarity Exercise in Natuna (ASEX-01 N) 2023' was hosted by the

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, and started with a harbour phase at Batam on 18 September 2023, and was conducted at various locations across the

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. 20 to 23 September was its sea phase in the southern extremes of the

References

External links

KDB Darulehsan search
— at Navy.MinDef.gov.bn
Gallery of images of KDB Darulehsan (07)
— at ShipSpotting.com

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