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The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN, Malay: Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia; TLDM; Jawi: تنترا لا ء وت دراج مليسيا ) is the naval arm of the Malaysian Armed Forces. RMN is the main agency responsible for the country's maritime surveillance and defence operations.
Lumut Naval Base is a Royal Malaysian Navy military base in Lumut, Perak, about 100 miles (160 km) from Kuala Lumpur.It is Malaysia's largest naval base, and it has served as the Royal Malaysian Navy's headquarters since 9 September 1984, replacing Woodlands Naval Base in Singapore. [1]
The equipment of the Royal Malaysian Navy can be subdivided into: ships, aircraft, radar, weapons, munitions, firearms and attire. All RMN ships carry the prefix KD (Malay : Kapal Di-Raja, literally "Royal Ship"), which is equivalent to "His Majesty's Ship" in English.
Woodlands Naval Base was a military base of the Royal Malaysian Navy in Woodlands, Singapore.It is on the opposite side of the Singapore Strait from Johor Bahru.This base served as the first headquarters of the Royal Navy Malay Section (then name of the Royal Malaysian Navy) from 1952 until 9 September 1984, when the headquarters relocated to Lumut, Perak.
Littoral Mission Ship Batch 2 or LMSB2 is a corvette type warship based on Ada-class corvette which is this acquisition program carried out by Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) to fulfill the 15 to 5 fleet modernization program. [1]
This company operated in 1984 and was known as the Royal Malaysia Navy Dockyard. The company was later incorporated in 1991 and privatized in 1995 as PSC-Naval Dockyard. In 2005, the management and financial crisis that happened to this company caused this company to be taken over by Boustead Holdings and named as Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS). [3]
Transferred by French Navy to Royal Malaysian Navy for uses as training submarine from 2005 to 2009. Now turned into a museum ship in Klebang, Malacca. Frigates Hang Tuah: Frigate: KD Hang Tuah (F76) UK: 1 [2] Acquired in 1977. Turned into a museum ship in Lumut, Perak. Loch: Frigate: KD Hang Tuah (F433) UK: 1 [3]
The RMN aviation officially inaugurated on 11 May 1990 by the third Chief of Navy, Laksamana Madya Tan Sri Abdul Wahab Bin Haji Nawi and RMN aviation now officially known as the KD Rajawali. [ 3 ] RMN aviation moving further by acquiring the new assets and expanding their squadron to fulfil the modern tasks.