Tunas Samudera
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Tunas Samudera (or KLD Tunas Samudera) is a two-masted schooner, or brigantine
Brigantine
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, of 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:...
. Tunas Samudera was built by Brooke Yachts in Lowestoft
Lowestoft
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, United Kingdom. She was laid down in 1988, launched in 1989, and christened by Queen Elisabeth II and the King of Malaysia
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
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. Tunas Samudera is a sail training
Sail training
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ship with the Royal Malaysian Navy.
The vessel was designed by Colin Mundie of the Royal Designers for Industry
Royal Designers for Industry
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, who was also responsible for sister ship Young Endeavour
STS Young Endeavour
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(operated by the Royal Australian Navy
Royal Australian Navy
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), and the sailing ships Tarangini
INS Tarangini
INS Tarangini is a tall ship of the Indian Navy, commissioned in 1997 as a sail training ship for naval cadets.Tarangini is a three-masted barque, square rigged on the fore and main masts and fore-and-aft rigged on the mizzen mast...
(Indian Navy
Indian Navy
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) and Lord Nelson.
She is involved in different Tall Ships' Races.
In 2007 and 2008, Tunas Samudera called in to several Europeans ports, including Cherbourg and Brest
Brest, France
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in France, during an around-the-world voyage with a crew of 46.