Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessel

	Darulaman at the Royal Australian Navy International Fleet Review 2013
Class overview
Name	Darussalam class
Builders	Lürssen Werft
Operators	Royal Brunei Navy
Preceded by	Template:Sclass-
In service	2011-present
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Offshore patrol vessel
Displacement	1625 tons
Length	80 m (260 ft)
Beam	13 m (43 ft)
Propulsion	2 × MTU 11400hp 12V diesel engines
Speed	22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) maximum
Range	7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi)
Endurance	21 days
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2 × Boomeranger Boats; 1 × Boomeranger Patrol Craft (1 × 7.62mm gun);
Crew	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	Guns:; 2 x Oerlikon 20mm/85 KAA; Hull 06 - 08 only:; 1 × Bofors 57 mm Mk 3 gun; Hull 09 only:; 1 × MLG 27 cannon; Missiles : ; 4 × Exocet MM40 Block 3;
Aircraft carried	1 x helicopter
Aviation facilities	Helicopter landing platform

The Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessel is a class of four offshore patrol vessels constructed for the Royal Brunei Navy. They are the largest and most capable ships of the Royal Brunei Navy, and often participate in international naval exercises.^[1]

Development

Nakhoda Ragam contract dispute

Three Template:Sclass-s were built by BAE Systems Marine (now BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships) for the Royal Brunei Navy. The contract was awarded to GEC-Marconi in 1995 and the ships, a variant of the F2000 design, were launched in January 2001, June 2001 and June 2002 at the then BAE Systems Marine yard at Scotstoun, Glasgow. Brunei refused to accept the three Nakhoda Ragam-class corvettes from BAE Systems. The contract dispute became subject to arbitration and was settled in BAE System's favour. The vessels were handed over to Royal Brunei Technical Services in June 2007. In 2007, Brunei contracted the German Lürssen shipyard to find a new customer for the three ships and the ships were eventually purchased by Indonesia.

OPV program

Brunei ordered the Darussalam-class OPVs from Lürssen, the same company that Brunei contracted to sell the Nakhoda Ragam-class corvettes. The first batch of two vessels were delivered in January 2011, while the second batch of two vessels were delivered by 2014.

Ships of class

Hull number	Name	Builder	Commissioned	Status
06	KDB Darussalam	Lurssen Werft, Bremen-Vegesack	7 May 2011	Active
07	KDB Darulehsan		7 May 2011	Active
08	KDB Darulaman		12 Aug 2011^[2]	Active
09	KDB Daruttaqwa		8 Sep 2014^[3]	Active

Gallery

Darussalam-class Gallery
KDB Darussalam arriving at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during RIMPAC 2014.
KDB Darulaman at the Sydney International Fleet Review
KDB Darulaman at the Sydney International Fleet Review
KDB Darulaman at the Sydney International Fleet Review
KDB Darulaman at the Sydney International Fleet Review
USS Rodney M. Davies alongside KDB Darulaman during CARAT 2014.
KDB Darulehsan and KDB Darussalam alongside they’re two sisters in Muara Port.