KDB Daruttaqwa

KDB "Daruttaqwa" (OPV-09) is the fourth and last ship of the "Darussalam"-class offshore patrol vessels. The vessel is in active service in the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN).
OPV program.
Brunei ordered the "Darussalam" class from Lürssen, the same company that Brunei contracted to sell the "Nakhoda Ragam"-class corvettes, and the first two vessels were delivered in January 2011. The second batch of two ships were delivered by 2014.
Construction and career.
KDB "Daruttaqwa" was built by Lürssen Werft company in Germany around the late 2000s. She is part of the second batch delivered from Germany to Brunei. KDB "Daruttaqwa" commissioned on 8 September 2014 at Muara Naval Base. All four sister ships work in the offshore patrol vessel role.
MNEK 2016.
16 April 2016, KDB "Daruttaqwa" was sent to Padang, Indonesia for "Maritime Naval" "Exercise Komodo 2016" which is hosted by the Indonesian Navy from 12 to 16 April 2016.
LIMA’19.
KDB "Daruttaqwa" was sent on a Maritime Exercise in Langkawi, Malaysia for "Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition 2019" (LIMA’19) which will last from 19–22 March 2019. She returned to Muara Naval Base on 5 April 2019.
PLAN 70th Anniversary.
On April 12, 2019, KDB "Daruttaqwa" left Muara Port for Qingdao, China to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of People's Liberation Army Navy. KDB "Daruttaqwa" later on joined "ADMM-Plus 2019".
ADMM-Plus 2019.
KDB "Daruttaqwa", HMAS Success, PLAN Xiangtan, INS Kolkata, INS Shakti, KRI Halasan, KRI Tombak, JS Murasame, JS Izumo, KD Lekiu, BRP Andres Bonifacio, RSS Stalwart, MV Avatar, ROKS Cheonjabong, ROKS Jeonbuk, ROKS Wang Geon, HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej, USS William P. Lawrence and VPNS Quang Trung conducted "ADMM-PLUS 2019" off Busan, South Korea. The ships have to conduct an exercise where they need to retake hostile vessels and rescue people overboard at sea.
All ships returned to Singapore to conduct check aboard cargo ships. KDB "Daruttaqwa" returned to Muara Naval Base on 20 May 2019.