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Royal Malaysian Navy’s MV Mega Bakti arrived in Bali waters on April 25, 2021 to participate in the search operation for the Indonesian Navy’s submarine that had been missing since last Wednesday. Picture via Twitter/Bernama
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JAKARTA, April 25 The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) submarine rescue ship MV Mega Bakti arrived in Bali waters today, to participate in the search operation for the Indonesian Navy’s (TNI) submarine that had been missing since last Wednesday.
RMN attaché in Indonesia, Commander Nor Izam Baharudin, who is currently in Bali and acting as the mission coordinator with the TNI, said MV Mega Bakti arrived at 11am today (Western Indonesia Time) and the ship’s crew was briefed by the TNI before starting the search operation.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has deployed the Royal Malaysia Navy (RMN) submarine rescue ship MV Mega Bakti to assist in the search and rescue of Indonesian Navy submarine Kri Nanggala which has been missing since Wednesday (April 21).
Contact with the Type 209 submarine with 53 crew on board was lost in waters off Bali on Wednesday morning.
In a statement, the Malaysian Armed Forces said tDefence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob contacted his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto to inform him that MV Mega Bakti was deployed at 7am on Thursday (April 22) to join in the operation.
MV Mega Bakti is a RMN charter vessel with a primary capability to perform search and rescue operations for submarines.
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According to information published by the Malaysian Navy on December 16, 2020, the construction phase of the fourth Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) for the Malaysian Navy was completed and launched into the water at the Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group Ltd Shipyard, Wuhan, China to undergo port acceptance test phase.
The fourth LMS Littoral Mission Ship for Malaysian Navy at the Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group Ltd Shipyard, Wuhan, China. (Picture source Royal Malaysian Navy)
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