EX-KD SRI TERENGGANU WARSHIP

The Royal Navy museum is complemented by the Ex-Kd Sri Terengganu warship which was jointly contributed by the Ministry of Defense and the Royal Navy Force.  This ship had been in operation since 16 December 1963 for approximately 31 years, sailed as far as 68,926 miles nautical under the leadership of 24 Ruling Officer.  This ship was involved in the peacekeeping exercise during the Indonesia Confrontation era and was duly employed in patrolling the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. 

The Ex-Kd Sri Terengganu ship was the Royal Malaysian Navy patrol ship from the first group of ships specially reserved by the Malay Federation government from Vosper Limited company, Portsmouth, England in the year 1961.  The year 1994 saw the Royal Malaysia Navy Force’s agreement to hand in the ship to PERZIM as to complement the Royal Malaysian Navy Museum for more public appreciation.  PERZIM (Melaka Museum Corporation) had engaged Naval Dockyard Sdn. Bhd. (Pvt. Ltd) to conserve the ship at a cost of RM 160,000.  On the 6^th of January 1996, the Ex-Kd Sri Terengganu ship arrived safely by sea to Melaka as it was brought by Megalith Sdn. Bhd. with the help of the Royal Malaysian Navy Force.

Objectives :

• To complement the Royal Malaysian Navy Force Museum’s collections and also recognize the value of this ship in defending Malaysia during the Confrontation period with the Indonesia government in 1963.  
• To showcase one of the many Royal Malaysian Navy Force Patrol ship that was use for defense purposes and also providing the public with first hand experience of being in a fully-equipped patrol ship.