KDB ''Daruttaqwa'' (09) is the fourth and final ship of the 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 s from
Lürssen Werft
Lürssen (or Lürssen Werft) is a German shipyard with headquarters in Bremen-Vegesack and shipbuilding facilities in Lemwerder, Berne and Bremen-Fähr-Lobbendorf.
Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels. Tradin ...
, the same company that Brunei contracted to sell the contract-disputed
''Nakhoda Ragam''-class corvettes. The first two vessels were delivered in January 2011. The final ship of the second batch of two ships were delivered by 2014.
Construction and career
''Daruttaqwa'' was built by Lürssen Werft company in
Germany around the late 2000s. She is part of the second batch of two ships delivered from Germany to Brunei Darussalam. ''Daruttaqwa''
commissioned on , at
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 ...
.
[ All four ]sister ship
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s work in the 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 ...
role.
MNEK 2016
16 April 2016, ''Daruttaqwa'' was sent to Padang, Indonesia for Maritime Naval Exercise Komodo 2016, which is hosted by the Indonesian Navy from 12 to 16 April 2016.
LIMA’19
''Daruttaqwa'' was sent on a Maritime Exercise in Langkawi, Malaysia for "Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition 2019" (LIMA’19) which will last from 19–22 March 2019. She returned to Muara Naval Base on 5 April 2019.
PLAN 70th Anniversary
On April 12, 2019, KDB ''Daruttaqwa'' left Muara Port for Qingdao, China to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of People's Liberation Army Navy
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The PLAN traces its lineage to naval units fighting during the Chinese ...
. ''Daruttaqwa'' later on joined "ADMM-Plus 2019".
ADMM-Plus 2019
''Daruttaqwa'', , ''Xiangtan'', , , , , , , , , , , ROKS ''Cheonjabong'', , ROKS ''Wang Geon'', , and VPNS ''Quang Trung'' conducted "ADMM-PLUS 2019" off Busan, South Korea
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. The ships have to conduct an exercise where they need to retake hostile vessels and rescue people overboard at sea.
All ships returned to Singapore to conduct check aboard cargo ships. ''Daruttaqwa'' returned to Muara Naval Base on 20 May 2019.
Gallery
File:ムアラ（ブルネイ） 【６月６日～８日】 (1).jpg, KDB ''Daruttaqwa'' and JS Kashima on 8 June 2021
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File:ムアラ（ブルネイ） 【６月６日～８日】 (4).jpg
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References
External links
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