KD ''Tunku Abdul Rahman'' is a built for the

Royal Malaysian Navy The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN, ms, Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia; TLDM; Jawi: ) is the naval arm of the Malaysian Armed Forces. RMN is the main agency responsible for the country's maritime surveillance and defense operations. RMN's area of o ...

Naval Group Naval Group is a major French industrial group specialized in naval defense design, development and construction. Its headquarters are located in Paris. Heir to the French naval dockyards initiated in 1631 by Cardinal Richelieu and to the Direc ...

, formerly known as DCNS in

Cherbourg, France Cherbourg-Octeville () is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

and

Navantia Navantia is a Spanish state-owned shipbuilding company, which offers its services to both military and civil sectors. It is the fifth-largest shipbuilder in Europe and the ninth-largest in the world with shipyards around the globe. The heir to t ...

Cartagena, Spain Cartagena () is a Spanish city and a major naval station on the Mediterranean coast, south-eastern Iberia. As of January 2018, it has a population of 218,943 inhabitants, being the region's second-largest municipality and the country's sixth-lar ...

Development and design

The fore section was built at Naval Group and joined to the aft section, which was built by Navantia. On 3 September 2009, ''Tunku Abdul Rahman'' arrived in Malaysia 54 days after sailing from

Toulon Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is th ...

for her new home. According to a September 2009 report in Malaysia's English-language '' The Sun'', the submarine was expected to be formally commissioned into the Royal Malaysian Navy in October 2009.

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Scorpène-class submarines of the Royal Malaysian Navy Attack submarines Ships built in France Ships built in Spain 2009 ships Submarines of Malaysia {{Submarine-stub