Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia تنترا لاءوت دراج مليسيا
Crest of the Royal Malaysian Navy
Founded
27 April 1934; 90 years ago (1934-04-27)
Country
Malaysia
Type
Navy
Role
Naval warfare
Size
18,000 personnel[1][2][3]
2 Submarine
2 Frigate + (5 u/c)
6 Corvette
10 Offshore patrol vessel
20 Fast attack craft
42 Fast interceptor craft
4 Minesweeper
2 Multi-purpose support ship
2 Auxiliary ship
1 Submarine rescue ship
3 Training ship
5 Hydrographic survey vessel
12 Helicopter
18 Unmanned aerial vehicle
Part of
Malaysian Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ
RMN Lumut Naval Base, Lumut, Perak
Nickname(s)
TLDM (Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia)
Patron
HM The King of Malaysia
Motto(s)
Sedia Berkorban ("Ready to Sacrifice")
March
Samudera Raya ("Great Ocean")
Anniversaries
27 April
Engagements
World War II
Malayan Emergency
Sarawak Communist Insurgency
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89)
UNIMOG
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
2006 East Timorese Crisis
Operation Astute
MALCON-UNIFIL
ISAF
War on Terrorism
Operation Enduring Freedom – Horn of Africa
Operation Dawn 8: Gulf of Aden
Cross border attacks in Sabah
2013 Lahad Datu standoff
MT Orkim Harmony hijacking
Battle honours
Perang Dunia Kedua 1941-45
Darurat 1948-60
Konfrontasi 1963-65
Daulat Feb 2013
Website
navy.mil.my
Commanders
Captain-in-Chief
HRH Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah of Selangor
Chief of Navy
Admiral Datuk Abdul Rahman Ayob
Deputy Chief of Navy
Vice Admiral Dato' Sabri bin Zali
Insignia
Commissioning pennant
Ensign
Jack
Roundel
Military unit
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN, Malay: Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia; TLDM; Jawi: تنترا لاءوت دراج مليسيا) 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.
^International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). The Military Balance 2023. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 271. ISBN 978-1000910704.
^"Malaysian Armed Forces". Global Security. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
^Shahryar Pasandideh (24 August 2015). "The Royal Malaysian Navy: An Assessment". NATO (The Atlantic Council of Canada). Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
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