KA Bunga Mas Lima
Bunga Mas Lima-class auxiliary ship scale model in display | |
| History | |
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| Malaysia | |
| Name | KA Bunga Mas Lima (BM5) |
| Builder | Malaysian Marine and Heavy Engineering |
| Launched | 7 March 1996 |
| Acquired | 1 June 2009 |
| Commissioned | 1 June 2009 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Auxiliary multi-purpose support ship |
| Displacement | 9,000 tonnes |
| Length | 132.80 m (435.7 ft) |
| Beam | 22.7 m (74 ft) |
| Draught | 7.5 m (25 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17.0 knots (31.5 km/h; 19.6 mph) |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 x Fennec AS555 or Super Lynx |
| Aviation facilities |
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KA Bunga Mas Lima (BM5) is a container freighter purchased by the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) and converted into an auxiliary ship. Bunga Mas Lima was the second ship owned by the Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC) to be deployed to the Gulf of Aden.