KDB Darulaman

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KDB Darulaman participating in RIMPAC 2014.
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Naval Ensign of Brunei.svg Brunei Darussalam
Name
  • Darulaman
  • (Abode of Security)
NamesakeDarulaman
OperatorNaval Ensign of Brunei.svg  Royal Brunei Navy
Builder Lürssen Werft
AcquiredAugust 2011;12 years ago (2011-08)
Commissioned12 August 2011;12 years ago (2011-08-12)
Homeport Muara Naval Base
Identification
Statusactive
General characteristics
Class and type Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement1,625 tonnes (1,791 tons)
Length80 metres (262  ft 6  in)
Beam13 metres (42  ft 8  in)
Installed power2× MTU 12V diesel engines, 8,500 kilowatts (11,400  shp)
Speed22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) maximum
Range7,500  nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi)
Endurance21 days
Boats & landing
craft carried
  • 2x Boomeranger boats
  • 1x Boomeranger patrol craft (1x 7.62mm gun)
Complement55+
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Search radar: Terma Scanter 4100
  • Fire control radars: Thales Sting EO Mk2
  • Navigation radar: 2× Furuno navigation radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • ESM: EDO ITT 3601
  • Decoy: Terma DL-6T Decoy Launching system
Armament
Aircraft carried1× helicopter
Aviation facilitieshelicopter landing platform
Notesno helicopters are permanently embarked

KDB Darulaman (08) is the third ship of the Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessels in the sultanate of Brunei Darussalam. The vessel is in active service in the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN).

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Offshore patrol vessel programme

Brunei Darussalam ordered the Darussalam class from Lürssen Werft 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 Muara Naval Base in January 2011. The second batch of two ships were delivered by 2014.

Construction and career

KDB Darulaman was built by Lürssen Werft 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 Muara Naval Base. All four sister ships work in the offshore patrol vessel 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 KDB Darussalam (06) 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, 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) 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. [1]

CARAT 2018

KDB Darulaman, KDB Berkat, USNS Fall River, and USS Emory S. Land 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. [2]

AUMX 2019

KDB Darulaman, BRP Ramon Alcaraz, RSS Tenacious, UMS Kyan Sittha, HTMS Krabi, USS Montgomery, and USS Wayne E. Meyer attended the US-ASEAN Maritime Exercise (AUMX) in the Gulf of Thailand on 3 September 2019, which ended in Singapore. [3]

CARAT 2019

KDB Darulaman, KDB Syafaat, USNS Millinocket, and USS Montgomery 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. [4]

Exercise PELICAN 2019

Republic of Singapore Navy and Royal Brunei Navy held an exercise which consists of RSS Tenacious, RSS Valour, RSS Vigour, KDB Darussalam (06), KDB Darulehsan (07) and KDB Darulaman. All Republic of Singapore Navy ships left on 7 November 2019. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.mindef.gov.bn/Lists/News/3023_.000?ID=3023.{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "181115-N-MB420-001". clwp.navy.mil. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  3. ↑ "First US-Asean naval exercise begins". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  4. ↑ "CARAT Brunei 2019". DVIDS. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  5. ↑ "BRUNEI DARUSSALAM'S SECOND MINISTER OF DEFENCE AND SINGAPORE'S MINISTER FOR DEFENCE OBSERVE EXERCISE PELICAN 2019". Royal Brunei Navy. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
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