Bunga Mas Lima-class auxiliary ship

File:Bunga Mas Lima-class auxiliary ship scale model in display in AKM Pahang 2022.jpg Bunga Mas Lima-class auxiliary ship scale model in display
History
Name	Bunga Mas Lima class
Operator	Royal Malaysian Navy
Builder	Malaysian Marine and Heavy Engineering
Completed	2
Decommissioned	1
In service	1
General characteristics
Type	Auxiliary multi-purpose support ship
Displacement	9,000 tonnes
Length	132.80 m (435 ft 8 in)
Beam	22.7 m (74 ft 6 in)
Draught	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Speed	17.0 knots (31.5 km/h; 19.6 mph)
Capacity	Heavy Fuel Oil Tank (used for cruising) - 540 tonnes Marine Diesel Oil Tank (used for generator) - 50 tonnes Cylinder Oil Tank - 11,000 L Fresh Water Tank - 980 tonnes
Armament	Medium arms FN MAG FN Minimi Mk 19 grenade launcher
Aircraft carried	1 x Fennec AS555 or Super Lynx
Aviation facilities	Hangar Helicopter landing platform

The Bunga Mas Lima class is a class of auxiliary ships in service with the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). The class comprises two ships: KA Bunga Mas Lima and KA Bunga Mas Enam. Each ship has a length of 132 metres (433 ft 1 in) and displaces about 9,000 tonnes (8,900 long tons).

Development

KA Bunga Mas Lima and KA Bunga Mas Enam were built at Malaysian Marine and Heavy Engineering in Pasir Gudang, Johor. Both ships were purchased by RMN to escort and protect Malaysian freighter ships in international waters. They are also used to patrol and control securities in Sabah waters to enforce the ESSZONE task in Sabah.

Service history

KA Bunga Mas Lima was involved in Operation Dawn 8: Gulf of Aden in 2011, where RMN commando PASKAL was tasked to rescue the hijacked ship MV Bunga Laurel.

In the same year, KA Bunga Mas Lima together with a C-130 from Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) was tasked to ferry 500 Malaysian students out of Egypt during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Ships of the class

Pennant	Name	Builders	Launched	Commissioned	Division/Squadron	Notes
BM5	KA Bunga Mas Lima	Malaysian Marine and Heavy Engineering	1996	1 June 2009		Launched as TEU container vessel by MISC in 1996 and commissioned as auxiliary vessel by RMN in 2009.
BM6	KA Bunga Mas Enam	Malaysian Marine and Heavy Engineering	1997	9 August 2011		Launched as TEU container vessel by MISC in 1997 and commissioned as auxiliary vessel by RMN in 2011. Retired in 2023.