Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessel

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Class overview
NameDarussalam class [1]
Builders Lürssen Werft, Germany
OperatorsNaval Ensign of Brunei.svg  Royal Brunei Navy
Preceded by Waspada class
Subclasses Arafura class
In service2011 – present
In commission7 May 2011;13 years ago (2011-05-07)
Planned4
Completed4
Active4
General characteristics
Type offshore patrol vessel
Displacement1,625 tonnes (1,791 tons)
Length80 metres (262 feet) [1]
Beam13 metres (43 feet) [1]
Installed power2× MTU 8,500  kW (11,400  shp) V12 diesel engines
Speed22  kn (41  km/h; 25  mph) maximum
Range7,500  nmi (13,890  km; 8,631  mi)
Endurance21 days
Boats & landing
craft carried
  • 2× Boomeranger boats
  • 1× Boomeranger patrol craft (1× 7.62mm gun)
Crew55+
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Search radar: Terma Scanter 4100
  • Fire control radar: Thales Sting EO Mk2
  • Navigation radar: 2× Furuno navigation radar
  • EOTS: atop mast, front of search 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

The Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessel is a class of four offshore patrol vessels in Brunei Darussalam, constructed for the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN; Malay : Tentera Laut Diraja Brunei, TLDB). [1] [2] They are the largest and most capable ships of the Royal Brunei Navy, and often participate in international naval exercises. [3] The lead ship in the class is KDB Darussalam (06).

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Development

Nakhoda Ragam contract dispute

Prior to the Darussalam-class, three Nakhoda Ragam-class corvettes were built to order by BAE Systems Marine (now BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships) in the United Kingdom for the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN). The contract was awarded to GEC-Marconi in 1995, and the ships, a variant of the F2000 design, were launched in January 2001, June 2001 and June 2002, at the then BAE Systems Marine yard at Scotstoun, Glasgow in Scotland. Brunei refused to accept the three Nakhoda Ragam-class corvettes from BAE Systems. The contract dispute became subject to arbitration, and was ultimately settled in BAE System's favour. The vessels were handed over to Royal Brunei Technical Services (RBTS) in June 2007. In 2007, Brunei contracted the German Lürssen Werft shipyard to find a new customer for the three ships, and the ships were eventually purchased by Indonesia.

Offshore patrol vessel programme

Brunei ordered the Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessels (OPV) from Lürssen Werft, the same company that Brunei contracted to sell the disputed Nakhoda Ragam-class corvettes. Keel laying for the first two vessels of this new class took place on 26 June 2009 at Lürssen shipyard in Germany. The first tranche of two vessels were launched 12 November 2010 and delivered to the Royal Brunei Navy in January 2011. [1] [4] [5] The first two were jointly commissioned by the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah on 7 May 2011;13 years ago. [1] The second subsequent tranche of two vessels were delivered two phases, the final vessel arriving in Brunei in 2014.

Ships in class

Darussalam-class vessels
pennant
no. 		name MMSI call
sign 		builder launched commissioned status
06 KDB Darussalam 508111122 [6] V8DE [6] Lurssen Werft,
Bremen-Vegesack 		12 Nov 20107 May 2011commissioned
07 KDB Darulehsan 508111123 [7] V8DF [7] Lurssen Werft,
Bremen-Vegesack 		12 Nov 20107 May 2011commissioned
08 KDB Darulaman 508111124 [8] V8DG [8] Lurssen Werft,
Bremen-Vegesack 		12 Aug 2011 [4] commissioned
09 KDB Daruttaqwa 508211110 [9] V8DL [9] Lurssen Werft,
Bremen-Vegesack 		8 Sep 2014 [10] commissioned

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