Darussalam class
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The Darussalam class includes four offshore patrol boats ( English : Offshore Patrol Vessels) of the Royal Brunei Navy . These are the largest and most flexible ships in the Royal Brunei Navy, often taking part in international exercises and demonstrations.
development
Background : Nakhoda Ragam contract disputes
First three were Corvettes of Nakhoda Ragam- class of BAE Systems Marine (now BAE Systems Maritime - Naval Ships ) was built for the Royal Brunei Navy. The contract was at 1,995 GEC-Marconi been awarded and the ships, a variant of the F2000, ran in January 2001, June 2001 and June 2002 in the former shipyard BAE Systems Marine in Scotstoun , Glasgow , from the stack . However, Brunei refused to accept the three Nakhoda Ragam class corvettes from BAE Systems. The contractual disputes were settled in arbitration in favor of BAE System. The ships were handed over to Royal Brunei Technical Services in June 2007 . Brunei commissioned the German Lürssen shipyard to find a new customer for the three ships, and these were ultimately bought by the Indonesian Navy for a fifth of the original unit price .
construction
Brunei ordered the Darussalam class ocean patrol boats from Lürssen after the shipyard had sold the Nakhoda Ragam class corvettes . The first two ships were delivered in January 2011. The second lot with two more ships was delivered in 2014.
Ships of the class
Ship identification number | Surname | Manufactured | Launch | Installation | status |
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06 | KDB Darussalam | Lürssen shipyard , Bremen-Vegesack | May 7, 2011 | In service | |
07 | KDB Darulehsan | Lürssen shipyard, Bremen-Vegesack | May 7, 2011 | In service | |
08 | KDB Darulaman | Lürssen shipyard, Bremen-Vegesack | Nov 12, 2010 | Aug 12, 2011 | In service |
09 | KDB Daruttaqwa | Lürssen shipyard, Bremen-Vegesack | 8 Sep 2014 | In service, the Bofors 57mm cannon was replaced by an MLG27 on- board cannon . |
photos
Darulaman , flagged over the tops
Rigid inflatable boat of the Darulaman
Daughter boat ramp of the Darulaman
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brunei Navy receives fourth Darussalam-class OPV . Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ↑ http://www.bt.com.bn/files/digital/COD/Issue31/BT15Aug.4.pdf
- ↑ KDB Darulaman completes RBN's trio of maritime assets - Brusearch News . Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
- ^ HRH commissions new ship . In: The Brunei Times . Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 14, 2014.