![]() KDB Darulehsan alongside 3 of her sisters in Muara Naval Base on 26 March 2020. | |
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Name | KDB "Darulehsan" |
Builder | Lürssen Werft |
Commissioned | 7 May 2011 |
Homeport | Muara, Brunei |
Identification | OPV-07 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
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 |
Complement | 55+ |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter landing platform |
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).
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.
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.