TRANSIT OF HIS MAJESTY
SAILING SHIP, KLD TUNAS SAMUDERA TO FIJI
On
Sunday, 17 February 2008, around 8.45 a.m., The Malaysian Royal Navy Tall Ship,
KLD Tunas Samudera, arrived in Suva, the Republic of the Fiji Islands as a stop
in its round the world voyage.
KLD
Tunas Samudera has an overall length of 43.75 metres, a total of 410 days sailing
around the globe covering 32,920 nautical miles and 25 ports of call.
KLD
Tunas Samudera, is a participant in the Baltic Tall Ships Races from Port of Arhus, Switzerland
to Szczecin, Poland
in the global sailing journey and Suva
is the 21st port of call.
The
captain of the ship, Commander Kamarudin Omar, with his 43 crew members was
greeted by the officials from the Malaysian High Commission on the arrival and
appropriate calls were made by the crew of the sailing ship with their
counterparts in Fiji.
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