Kota Kinabalu, 28 Jan 2022 – Today marks a new history for the Royal Malaysian Navy after the RMN’s fourth coastal mission ship, KD RENCONG, was officially commissioned with full naval tradition. The ceremony was officiated by the Chief of Navy, Admiral Tan Sri Mohd Reza bin Mohd Sany at the RMN Kota Kinabalu Naval Base.

In the ceremony, Admiral Tan Sri Mohd Reza read out the Order of Accreditation and then put the insignia of the Commanding Officer to Commander Khairuddin bin Ahmad @ Hassan TLDM, the first Commanding Officer of KD RENCONG.

For the record, KD RENCONG was first built in Wuhan, China on September 19, 2019 and subsequently launched to the water surface on December 16, 2021. On December 18, 2021, the naming ceremony and physical handover of the ship was carried out while the ship sailed back 1811 nautical miles to land water on 21 December 2021 and safe arrival 28 December 2021.

KD RENCONG comprising 7 Officers and 40 members of Other Ranks (LLP) will join the previous ships namely KD KERIS, KD SUNDANG, KD BADIK in the RMN 11th LMS Squadron and under the auspices of the Eastern Fleet Command Headquarters to further strengthen the country’s maritime sovereignty, especially in East Malaysian waters.

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LMS RENCONG KINI BERGELAR KAPAL DIRAJA RENCONG

Kota Kinabalu, 28 Jan – Hari ini memahat sejarah baharu bagi Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia setelah kapal misi pesisir keempat TLDM iaitu Kapal Diraja RENCONG telah ditauliahkan secara rasmi dengan penuh tradisi tentera laut. Upacara ini telah disempurnakan oleh Panglima Tentera Laut, Yang Berbahagia Laksamana Tan Sri Mohd Reza bin Mohd Sany di Tambatan Pangkalan TLDM Kota Kinabalu.

Dalam upacara tersebut, Laksamana Tan Sri Mohd Reza telah membacakan Perintah Pentauliahan dan kemudian memakaikan insignia Pegawai Memerintah kepada Komander Khairuddin bin Ahmad @ Hassan TLDM, Pegawai Memerintah pertama KD RENCONG.

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