Alahai Malunya.... Kapal Selam Rosak Lagi!

Oleh : Anak Sungai Derhaka

Ini merupakan kerosakan kali kedua yang baru dikesan pada Kapal Selam pertama negara kita KD Tunku Abdul Rahman yang juga baru dibeli dan merupakan barang baru bukan second hand..

The Malay Mail melaporkan Kapal Selam pertama negara KD Tunku Abdul Rahman terpaksa berlabuh di pengkalan Tentera Laut Teluk Sepanggar, Sabah kerana menghadapai masaalah lagi.

Masaalah baru itu yang tidak dinyatakan itu dikesan setelah ianya selesai menjalani ujian laut tropika pada bulan lepas.

Sejak dari kapal selam tersebut berlabuh di pengkalan manakala masalah berkenaan belum dibaiki lagi.

Ianya akan memakan masa lebih lama untuk mengesahkan kapal selam tersebut boleh beroperasi sepenuhnya.

Anak kapal KD Tunku Abdul Rahman akan mengambil alih kapal selam kedua negara KD Tun Razak yang baru diterima. Ini adalah kerana jika anak kapal KD Tunku Abdul Rahman berada di darat dalam tempoh yang lama , mereka akan hilang taraf sebagai anak kapal .


'KD Tunku Abdul Rahman' moored as more problems crop up

MARHALIM ABAS

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

PETALING JAYA: KD Tunku Abdul Rahman remains at the Teluk Sepanggar naval base in Sabah as problems have again resulted in the submarine being docked.

The Malay Mail was informed by defence industry sources that the unspecified problems were detected after the submarine completed its tropical water trials last month. A routine maintenance check later revealed the problems.

Since then, the submarine has remained at the naval base unfixed.

It is learnt although the vessel obtained its Initial Operational Capability (IOC), it may take longer to be declared fully operational.

However, the arrival of the second Perdana Menteri-class submarine, KD Tun Razak, on July 2, was a godsend for the crew of its sister ship, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman. The crew is expected to take over the second submarine during its mandatory tropical water trial.

Sources said this was necessary as the KD Tunku Abdul Rahman crew may lose their submariners rating if they remained on land.

In February, The Paper That Cares reported that KD Tunku Abdul Rahman suffered a technical defect that prevented it from diving for three months. The submarine started tropical water trials on Feb 20.

KD Tunku Abdul Rahman was commissioned early last year after undergoing a two-year trial period in France.

The Royal Malaysian Navy procured the two submarines for RM3.4 billion in 2002 from French/Spanish shipbuilders, DCNS and Navantia.


Malay Mail