KDB Darulaman

KDB Darulaman (OPV-08) is the third ship of the Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessels. The vessel is in active service in the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN).

KDB Darulaman alongside USS Rodney M. Davies during CARAT 2014.
History
Brunei
Name: KDB Darulaman
Builder: Lürssen Werft
Commissioned: 12 August 2011
Homeport: Muara, Brunei
Identification: OPV-08
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:
  • Search radar: Terma Scanter 4100
  • Fire control radars: Thales Sting EO MK2
  • Navigation radar: 2 × Furuno navigation radar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • ESM: EDO ITT 3601
  • Decoy: Terma DL-6T Decoy Launching system
Armament:
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 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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

AUMX 2019

KDB Darulaman, BRP Ramon Alcaraz, RSS Tenacious, UMS Kyan Sittha, HTMS Krabi, USS Montgomery and USS Wayne E. Mayer attended the US-ASEAN Maritime Exercise (AUMX) in the Gulf of Thailand on 3 September 2019 and will end in Singapore.[4]

CARAT 2019

KDB Darulaman, KDB Syafaat, USS 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.[5]

Further reading

References
  1. Nurw (12 August 2011). "DEFENSE STUDIES: KDB Darulaman Completes RBN's Trio Of Maritime Assets". DEFENSE STUDIES. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  2. http://www.mindef.gov.bn/Lists/News/3023_.000?ID=3023. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "181115-N-MB420-001". clwp.navy.mil. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  4. Limited, Bangkok Post Public Company. "First US-Asean naval exercise begins". https://www.bangkokpost.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09. External link in |website= (help)
  5. "CARAT Brunei 2019". DVIDS. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
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