Monday, January 12, 2009

Arrival of Malaysia's Newly Acquired Submarimes

According to The Star and Bernama on Friday Jan 9, Malaysia's newly acquired submarines are anticipated to arrive at the Sepanggar naval base in July, 2009.

Sepanggar Naval Base is located in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. It is TLDM's HQ Naval Region II. TLDM Tanjung Gelang, Pahang is HQ Naval Region I.

The names of the two Scorpene submarines are

1) KD Tunku Abdul Rahman - expected in July
2) KD Tun Abdul Razak - expected at the end of the year

See also:
Scorpene Launch

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