KD Tunku Abdul Rahman is a built for the Royal Malaysian Navy

Royal Malaysian Navy

The Royal Malaysian Navy is the naval arm of Malaysian Armed Forces. All commissioned ships of the RMN have the prefix KD , which means Royal Ship.-Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve:...

 by DCNS in Cherbourg and Navantia

Navantia

Navantia, formerly Bazán or IZAR, is a Spanish shipbuilding firm, which offers its services to both military and civil sector. It is the fifth largest shipbuilder in Europe, and the ninth largest in the world with shipyards all over Spain....

 in Cartagena, Spain

Cartagena, Spain

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. The fore section was built at DCNS and joined to the aft section, which was built by Navantia.

On 3 September 2009, Tunku Abdul Rahman arrived in Malaysia 54 days after sailing from Toulon

Toulon

Toulon is a town in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department in the former province of Provence....

 for her new home. According to a September 2009 report in Malaysia's English-language The Sun

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, the submarine is expected to be formally commissioned into the Royal Malaysian Navy in October 2009.