KDB Darulaman
 KDB Darulaman participating in RIMPAC 2014.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Brunei | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Darulaman |
| Builder | Lürssen Werft |
| Launched | 26 June 2009 |
| Acquired | August 2011 |
| Commissioned | 12 August 2011 |
| Homeport | Muara |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 1,625 tons |
| Length | 80 m (262 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 13 m (42 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 12V diesel engines, 11,400 hp (8,500 kW) |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) maximum |
| Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) |
| Endurance | 21 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 x Boomeranger boats 1 x Boomeranger Patrol Craft (1 x 7.62mm gun) |
| Complement | 55+ |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Helicopter landing platform |
KDB Darulaman (08) is the third ship of the Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessels. The vessel is in active service in the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN).
OPV program
Brunei ordered the Darussalam class from Lürssen, the same company that Brunei contracted to sell the Nakhoda Ragam-class corvettes, and the first two vessels were delivered in January 2011. The second batch of two ships were delivered by 2014.
Construction and career
KDB Darulehsan was built by Lürssen Werft company in Germany around the late 2000s. She is part of the second batch delivered from Germany to Brunei. KDB Darulaman was launched on 26 June 2009 and commissioned on 12 August 2011 at Muara Naval Base. All four sister ships work in the offshore patrol vessel role.[citation needed]
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 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 and will end 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 and Royal Brunei Navy held an exercise which consists of RSS Tenacious, RSS Valour, RSS Vigour, KDB Darussalam, KDB Darulehsan and KDB Darulaman. All Republic of Singapore Navy ships left on 7 November 2019.[5]
Gallery
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INS Sahyadri and KDB Darulaman at Fleet Base East, Australia on 7 October 2013. -
KDB Darulaman alongside USS Rodney M. Davis during CARAT 2014. -
USS Rodney M. Davis alongside KDB Darulaman during CARAT 2014.
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Further reading
References
- ^ http://www.mindef.gov.bn/Lists/News/3023_.000?ID=3023.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "181115-N-MB420-001". clwp.navy.mil. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "First US-Asean naval exercise begins". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "CARAT Brunei 2019". DVIDS. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ "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.