Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Meet KD Laksamana Tan Pusmah-The Pride Of Royal Navy.


Meet RMN KD Laksamana Tan Pusmah-The Pride Of RMN.The details of this ship is highly classified.This corvettes class battleship was delivered with a more modern combat command system and now in RMN base Langkawi. The ships are all named after famous Malay warriors who have earned the title Laksamana during their lifetimes. "Laksamana" would translate as an Admiral in modern usage, but in the Malay Sultanates, the title would be more as a minister of the realm (a warrior) who is responsible for defense of the realm. The Laksamana is the second most senior position the Malay court, lower only to the "Bendahara".


RMN Fennec Helicopter.


One in a life time experience to enter RMN forefront battleship.


KD Kedah & KD Laksamana Tan Pusmah- a view from RMN base at Langkawi.

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Class overview
Builders:Fincantieri
Operators: Royal Malaysian Navy
Completed:4
Active:4
General characteristics
Type:Corvette
Displacement:675 tons full load
Length:62.3 m (204 ft)
Beam:9.3 m (30.5 ft)
Draught:2.8 m (9 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 4 diesels
  • 4 shafts developing
  • 20,400 bhp (15,200 kW)
Speed:36 knots (67 km/h)
Range:2,300 nautical miles (4,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:56
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • RAN-12 air/surface search radar
  • Kelvin Hughes 1007 navigation radar
  • Diodon hull Sonar
  • 2 RTN-10X fire control
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
  • Gamma suite
  • SCLAR chaff
Armament:
  • 1 x 76 mm OTO DP gun and 1 x dual 40 mm AA
  • 4-cell Albatros SAM (12 Aspide missiles)
  • 6 x Otomat II SSM
  • 6 x 12.75-inch (324 mm) torpedo tubes
Class overview
Builders:Fincantieri
Operators: Royal Malaysian Navy
Completed:4
Active:
4
General characteristics
Type:Corvette
Displacement:675 tons full load
Length:62.3 m (204 ft)
Beam:9.3 m (30.5 ft)
Draught:2.8 m (9 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 4 diesels
  • 4 shafts developing
  • 20,400 bhp (15,200 kW)
Speed:36 knots (67 km/h)
Range:2,300 nautical miles (4,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:56
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • RAN-12 air/surface search radar
  • Kelvin Hughes 1007 navigation radar
  • Diodon hull Sonar
  • 2 RTN-10X fire control
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
  • Gamma suite
  • SCLAR chaff
Armament:
  • 1 x 76 mm OTO DP gun and 1 x dual 40 mm AA
  • 4-cell Albatros SAM (12 Aspide missiles)
  • 6 x Otomat II SSM
  • 6 x 12.75-inch (324 mm) torpedo tubes

Sources - Wikipedia

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