MMP melawat SMD Ouessant Agosta 70 di Pantai Klebang Melaka

MMP melawat SMD Ouessant Agosta 70 di Pantai Klebang Melaka. Pada 16 Nov. kapal selam SMD Ouessant Agosta 70 seberat 1,300 tan dipindahkan dari kapal kargo ke atas tongkang di perairan Selat Melaka, kira-kira 800 meter dari Klebang.  Ini merupakan hari yang bersejarah kerana buat pertama kali sebuah kapal selam akan di jadikan muzium di negara kita.













The Ouessant (S623) diesel attack submarine (SSK) was commissioned by the French Navy in 1979 and transferred to the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) to act as a training sub for the planned acquisition of three French-built Scorpène-class submarines.






Built in 1979, the French made submarine measured 67.57 meter in length, 11.75 meter in heigh and 6.5 meter in width. SMD Ouessant was previously used for training submarine crew in Malaysia from 2005 to 2009 following the acquisition of two submarines by the Ministry of Defense of Malaysia.


Reputed to be the first and only Submarine Museum (Muzium Kapal Selam) in Malaysia, it is opened to the public on 22 November 2011 for 10 days. Thereafter, the Submarine Museum had been closed for refurbishment work and recently reopened on 17 December 2011. One of the main attraction of the Submarine Museum is that it will house the decommissioned Agosta 70 class submarine named SMD Ouessant.

The Submarine Museum project cost the State Government RM12.6 million and will be the 25th museums under the management of Perbadanan Muzium Melaka (PERZIM). The submarine was transported from Brest, France and successfully arrive in Melaka on 13 November 2011.