KDB Mustaed
Appearance
History | |
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Brunei | |
Name | Mustaed |
Ordered | 26 March 2010 |
Builder | Marinteknik Shipyard |
Commissioned | 25 November 2011 |
Homeport | Muara |
Identification | Pennant number: 21 |
Motto | Always Ready |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Type | FIB 25-012 |
Displacement | 73 tons |
Length | 27 m (88 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) |
Installed power | 3580 kW |
Propulsion | 2 x diesel 2 × waterjet |
Speed | 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) maximum |
Endurance | 21 days |
Complement | 11+ |
Sensors and processing systems | Navigation radar: 1 × Furuno navigation radar |
Armament | 2 × 7.62mm machine gun |
KDB Mustaed (21) is the only ship of its kind in the Royal Brunei Navy. The vessel is in active service in the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN).
Construction and career
KDB Mustaed was built by Marinteknik Shipyard in Singapore to a Lürssen FIB25 design[1] and commissioned on 25 November 2011.[2] She is capable of border patrol, surveillance, fishery protection and high speed interception.[3]
References
- ^ "FIB 25". Lürssen Defence | Lürssen Shipyard - german quality-shipbuilding. 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ "Singapore: Royal Brunei Armed Forces Accepts Fast Interceptor Boat". 14 November 2011.
- ^ "Commissioning Ceremony of the Fast Interceptor Boat KDB Mustaed". Ministry of Defence Brunei Darussalam. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2020.