KD ''Tunku Abdul Rahman'' is a built for the

Royal Malaysian Navy The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN, ; Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ) is the naval arm of the Malaysian Armed Forces. RMN is the main agency responsible for the country's maritime surveillance and defence operations. RMN's area of operation consists of 603,2 ...

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, formerly known as DCNS in

Cherbourg, France Cherbourg-Octeville () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.Navantia Navantia is a Spanish state-owned shipbuilding enterprise dedicated to civil and military naval construction, the design of deep-tech systems and the manufacture of structures for the renewable energy sector, such as offshore wind or hydrogen. ...

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Development and design

The fore section was built at Naval Group and joined to the aft section, which was built by Navantia. On 3 September 2009, ''Tunku Abdul Rahman'' arrived in Malaysia 54 days after sailing from

Toulon Toulon (, , ; , , ) is a city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Located on the French Riviera and the historical Provence, it is the prefecture of the Var (department), Var department. The Commune of Toulon h ...

for her new home. According to a September 2009 report in Malaysia's English-language ''

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'', the submarine was expected to be formally commissioned into the Royal Malaysian Navy in October 2009.

Gallery

File:US Navy 101011-O-0000X-010 he Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Jacksonville (SSN 699) prepares to moor across the pier from Malaysia's first.jpg, passing by KD ''Tunku Abdul Rahman'' at

Sepanggar Sepanggar is a sub-district of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. It is located around Sepanggar Bay which houses the Sepanggar Bay Container Terminal, a major naval base for the Royal Malaysian Navy as well as the Sepanggar Bay Oil Terminal. The ...

on 11 October 2010. File:KD Tunku Abdul Rahman in Langkawi 2023.jpg, KD ''Tunku Abdul Rahman'' at

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in 2023.

References

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