KD Hang Tuah is a frigate formerly operated by the Royal Malaysian Navy from 1977 until 2018. She is now a museum ship. She was built in the United Kingdom, originally for the Ghana Navy, but was launched and completed as a private venture, before being purchased by the Royal Navy in 1972. She served for five years as HMS Mermaid (F76) before being purchased by Malaysia, where she replaced another ex-British frigate also called Hang Tuah. She became a training ship in 1992 and was refitted to replace obsolete weapons and machinery.
KD Hang Tuah catches the morning sunlight while moored alongside at Pulau Labuan on 15 September 2007
The Royal Malaysian Navy is the naval arm of the Malaysian Armed Forces. RMN is the main agency responsible for the country's maritime surveillance and defense operations. RMN's area of operation consists of 603,210 square kilometers covering the country's coastal areas and Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). RMN also bears the responsibility of controlling the country's main Sea Lines of Communications (SLOC) such as the Straits of Malacca and the Straits of Singapore and also monitors national interests in areas with overlapping claims such as in Spratly.
HMS Loch Insh, which later became Malaysia's flagship
HMAS Yarra, an Australian Navy ship that guarded Malaysia during the Indonesian confrontation.
Lekiu-class frigates and Nimitz-class aircraft carrier during a transit of the Andaman Sea.
KD Perak, the Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel involved in the blockade during Lahad Datu standoff.
