KDB Darulehsan
KDB Darulehsan (07) is the second ship of the Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessels. The vessel is in active service in the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN).
 KDB Darulehsan docked at Muara Naval Base, Brunei on 3 November 2016. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Brunei | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Darulehsan |
| Builder | Lürssen Werft |
| Acquired | 4 May 2011 |
| Commissioned | 7 May 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 |
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 in Germany around the late 2000s. She is part of the first batch delivered from Germany to Brunei. Darulehsan and KDB Darussalam were commissioned together on 4 May 2011 at Muara Naval Base. All four of her sister ships work in the offshore patrol vessel role.
Exercise Pelican 2011
Singapore and Brunei concluded their flagship bilateral naval exercise from 10 to 13 July 2011 which consists of KDB Darulehsan, KDB Syafaat, KDB Itjihad and RSS Stalwart.[1]
WPNS 2014
On 14 April 2014, KDB Darulehsan set sail to Qingdao, China for Western Pacific Naval Symposium 2014 (WPNS 2014). It is the first time the Royal Brunei Navy visited China and participated in one of its naval exercises. KDB Darulehsan returned to port on 5 May 2014.[2]
Goodwill visit to Vietnam, 2014
On 30 April 2014, KDB Darulehsan arrived at Haiphong, Vietnam for a goodwill visit and to enhance diplomatic ties between the two countries.[3]
Exercise Hornbill 24/2014
KDB Darulehsan, KDB Ijtihad, KD Selangor and KD Ganas attendee Exercise Hornbill 24/2014 from 18 to 24 November 2014, hosted by both the Royal Brunei Navy and the Royal Malaysian Navy.[4]
LIMA'15
KDB Darulehsan was sent on a maritime exercise in Langkawi, Malaysia for Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition 2015 (LIMA'15) which lasted from 17–21 March 2015. She returned to Muara Naval Base on 26 March 2015.[5]
Exercise Pelican 2015
Singapore and Brunei concluded their flagship bilateral naval exercise on 27 November. Exercise Pelican ran from 23 to 27 November 2015, hosted by the Republic of Singapore Navy. The exercise featured RSS Valiant, RSS Stalwart, KDB Darussalam and KDB Darulehsan.[6]
Exercise Pelican 2019
The Republic of Singapore Navy and Royal Brunei Navy held an exercise which consisted 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.[7]
RIMPAC 2020
KDB Darulehsan joined HMAS Stuart, HMAS Sirius, USS Rafael Peralta and RSS Supreme on their way to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in preparation for RIMPAC 2020 on 6 August.[8]
External links
References
- "Singapore and Bruneian Navies Conduct Bilateral Exercise". Mynewsdesk. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- "Brunei naval ship departs for Qingdao to join drills - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- "Bruneian naval ship lands in Hai Phong, starts visit to Vietnam". Tuoi Tre News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- "2 Malaysian ships in Brunei for naval drills". AsiaOne. 2014-11-18. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- "KDB Darulehsan sails to participate in multilateral maritime exercise". Ministry of Defence Brunei Darussalam. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- Parameswaran, Prashanth. "Singapore, Brunei Conclude Naval Exercise". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- "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.
- Milne, Sandy (2020-08-05). "RAN commences exercises with warships from Singapore, Brunei". www.defenceconnect.com.au. Retrieved 2020-08-07.