KDB Darulehsan

KDB Darulehsan (OPV-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 in Muara Naval Base, Brunei on 3 November 2016.
History
Brunei
Name: KDB Darulehsan
Builder: Lürssen Werft
Commissioned: 7 May 2011
Homeport: Muara, Brunei
Identification: OPV-07
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 first batch delivered from Germany to Brunei. Darulehsan and KDB Darussalam 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

14 April 2014, KDB Darulehsan set sail to Qingdao, China for Western Pacific Naval Symposium 2014 (WPNS 2014). Moreover, it is Royal Brunei Navy’s first time for they’re ship to be sent to China and it’s exercise. KDB Darulehsan returned back to port on 5 May 2014.[2]

Goodwill Visit Vietnam 2014

30 April 2014, KDB Darulehsan arrived at Hai Phong, Vietnam for a goodwill visit and to enhancing 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 Royal Brunei Navy and 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 will last 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, it was hosted by the Republic of Singapore Navy. The exercise featured RSS Valiant, RSS Stalwart, KDB Darussalam and KDB Darulehsan.[6]

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. RIMPAC 2020 will scheduled to start on 17 August.[7]

Further Readings

References
  1. "Singapore and Bruneian Navies Conduct Bilateral Exercise". Mynewsdesk. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  2. "Brunei naval ship departs for Qingdao to join drills - China.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  3. "Bruneian naval ship lands in Hai Phong, starts visit to Vietnam". Tuoi Tre News (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  4. "2 Malaysian ships in Brunei for naval drills". AsiaOne. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  5. "KDB DARULEHSAN SAILS TO PARTICIPATE IN MULTILATERAL MARITIME EXERCISE". Ministry of Defence Brunei Darussalam. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. Parameswaran, Prashanth. "Singapore, Brunei Conclude Naval Exercise". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  7. Milne, Sandy; Milne, Sandy (2020-08-05). "RAN commences exercises with warships from Singapore, Brunei". www.defenceconnect.com.au. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
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