A little town by the name of Lumut

Lumut is a coastal town (population 31,880) in the state of Perak, Malaysia, situated about 84 km from Ipoh, 12 km from the town of Sitiawan and it is the gateway to Pangkor Island. It is noted for seashell and coral handicrafts. This once little-known fishing town has since become the home base of the Royal Malaysian Navy. - from Wikipedia

A view from Lumut waterfront,RMN base in vicinity

From the day I knew,Lumut was very popular as it's the transshipment point for both people and goods to Pulau Pangkor just like Kuala Kedah to Pulau Langkawi. Pulau Pangkor is a small island which is very famous throughout Malaysia for its cheap and huge servings of seafood and I you do like seafood,this place is an heaven for you then.This small town also houses the biggest RMN base in Malaysia other than Teluk Sepanggar whereby frigates and corvettes can be seen alongside almost all around Pulau Pangkor.

KD Rahmat-decommisioned RMN frigate.Made as tourist attraction

Yup,there's a frigate for display whereby everyone can board it for an educational trip which cost around RM12. A little bit about the vessel,was built in 1966 by the Americans for Malaysian,armaments are classified,armours are classified too and vessel runs on a CODOG arrangement layout. CODOG stands for combination of diesel or gas turbine propulsion system which means the ships cruises using diesel engine while for high speed dashes,the diesel engine is disengaged from the prop shaft which is then engaged into the gas turbine transmission enabling for high speed chases. The Rolls Royce Olympus gas turbine is just as big as a normal sedan is but capable of churning 19,390 horsepower which is capable of tearing a house down and driving the forward with speeds approximately 30 knots+

Taking a nightfall picture with Her :)

I promised myself to spend that money and get inside her to explore much about what the 1966's contributed to US :) It may be old but the technologies used to are not and may seems to be pioneer for the next gen's of frigates. Today's frigate's are even driven on a diesel and electric propulsion system but never forget the predecessors whom she got it from :) Stay tuned,I might write about her with pictures supporting my sentences on the next post.Wish me that time has mercy on me so that I could spend a good amount of time inside her and get those precious pictures

Long live the Royal Malaysian Navy! - Yoheeswaran