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Port Karlskrona, Sweden

Naval Port of Karlskrona
Country: Sweden
Category: Urban landscape, Maritime
Connections: Named after individual people . Baltic Sea . Ports .

Karlskrona
Karlskrona is a city in south-eastern Sweden, which was founded in 1680 when the Royal Swedish Navy was relocated there. The city is an exceptionally well preserved and complete example of a European naval base, built in the
period when these were being established by several major maritime powers.
The original plan and many of the buildings have survived intact, along with installations that illustrate its subsequent development up to the present day. The town’s topography is complex and comprises a number of islands, some of which have been joined together by causeways/infill.

For story and picture: http://www.navalcity.org/pdf/foldereng.pdf

Portsmouth Map

Map shows Portsmouth, UK as one of the oldest naval town in the world.

Wellcome back RMN Submariners - KD TAR

Malaysian Navy gets its first submarine

Malaysia News.Net
Thursday 29th January, 2009 (IANS)

Malaysia has taken delivery of its first submarine, a Scorpene built by French military shipyard DCNS in partnership with Spanish shipyard Navantia.

It has been christened KD Tunku Abdul Rahman after the country's first prime minister, the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has announced.

Malaysia's second submarine, named KD Tun Razak after the country's second prime minister, is expected to be delivered in October, official news agency Bernama said.

The Scorpene, a conventional submarine built in Cherbourg, France, can dive to a depth of between 100m and 200m, the statement said.

It also said the submarine was equipped with six torpedo tubes, anti-ship surface missiles and anti-submarine torpedoes, adding that the vessel could carry 10 torpedoes and 30 mines, The Star newspaper said.

The submarine programme also includes the redeployment of an Agosta class submarine retired from the French Navy, for the training of submarine crews.

The training of 150 Malaysian sailors, mainly in Brest, France, represents an important aspect of the programme.


Like other former British colonies, The RMN has its origins in the British naval presence in Malaya and the rest of Southeast Asia. It is one of the more advanced navies in the region whose task includes defending its part of the Straits of Malacca, which is a major sea lane that has witnessed piracy.

SIMONTOWN, South Africa

SIMONTOWN, Cape town

Simon's Town (also widely but incorrectly referred to as Simonstown) and, in Afrikaans, Simonstad), Situated about 40 km outside of the city,is a village and a naval base in South Africa, near Cape Town. It is located on the shores of False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula. For more than two centuries it has been an important naval base and harbour (first for the Royal Navy and now the South African Navy). The town is named after Simon van der Stel, an early governor of the Cape Colony.

Lumut and manjung In Maps

Britain Naval Town - PORTSMOUTH

Portmouth in 1890's and in year 2000 , the latest how its look like.

Walk-walk..eat..eat in Lumut

When you are in Lumut, never worry about eating place. You will be spoiled with choices. Mamak stalls, traditonal malay Foods, Chinese seafood, western , Italian and off course local satay ikan junkfood.

The various restaurant in Lumut:

Malay Food - Stall in Lumut, at Bus Station, F & B Lumut,

Italian : Capri

Western : Jook Joint, Jook bar, Rockefella

Chinese : Restaurant Lumut, KIM HOCK, Kari Kepala Ikan Chinese style

Indian : Icy Scoop, Kedai nasi kandar, Samudera cafe, Jetty Kedai Nasi kandar

The price is seasonal..more expansive during school holiday..taste is good especially the chinese seafood (HALAL)

Find some of the photo of the eating place in Lumut

Seremban Jam, KL havoc with demostration

Yes thats what happened when kapt Zahar dulhania le Jayenge Kapt Gee..
3 hours needed to reach hartamas from Seremban
My snap shot is quite bad, as i dont have external flash bulb, cant afford yet maaa
Try to do bokehh pun tak menjadi
Still learn from Azim..but when he talk, its seem he was from another planet..amende tu???
I got the magazine, compliment from azim, but yet to read and practise.
I m lack of practice..sapa nak kawin lagi???cepat offer free photography

But one thing for sure , gee is an artis, she know how to respond to camera. And she very positive responding to me..the hasil is superbly beautiful bride. Zahar pemalu sikit tapi macho mcm Arash..Just see..but most heart breaking is Andy Fayyad...
Hmm the video can't be uploaded..why ha??

Wedding, wedding,wedding Manjung full of newborns

Dear all,

Since April this year, there are about 10 wedding invitations, from people that i know.
Normally i left this ceremonial part of ship to my company director who have more PR, and superbly talking to people in wedding crowd, Ms NANA.I can only talk in biz environment.
But things change after i possesses my D350 Canon..hahaha i will attend even not invited..

So my first assignment is SAFINASs' wedding..my first staff when i started my Business in humble small cubicle office in Lumut WaterFront Villa. She with me for almost 6 years? more..so become her photographer.
After that, my staff daughter wedding in Besut.
Lastly my dearest friend, Kapt Gee in Seremban.

Lumut national Heritage Building

Those picture are the two old building, abandon in Lumut, and i consider the strongest and kukuh and have a historical design.
It was a government quarters, for Jabatan Laut, Kastam and few government servants those days.

One of deepavali day, i visited 1 indian family who stayed there, in the 1986 above. I cant remember who.

Compare to YNH, DKLS etc..this building still the best design, strongest and beautiful. Its legacy for Lumut Town.

Lumut Water Front

When u arrive at Lumut Bus Station,first thing u will realized is how warm(hot) the weather here. Probably u will stop at ERA Restaurant, cross the street of bus station for a drink or nasi kandar. At the left side of station there are few Malay Nasi campor stalls with a lots of varieties of LAUK. Its one of the best stall in Lumut Manjung.

While you are searching for jetty, you will see LUMUT Water Front park or garden in middle of Lumut town. Its a huge project by MDM, stretching the park from KFC side to end of titi panjang play ground. I guess its almost 1km park facing the sea. (Selat dinding actually)

At Lumut Water Front, you can find Tourist Information Centre a kampong Like house.
There are also small playground, nnice and beatiful square for lepak..and the RUBY BISTRO, open karoeke/restaurant concept . If u dont mind eating with "jeritan Batin ku song" sometimes out of pitch, but few really give your head turn to find who the singer eh...!! Free entertainment mahhh

Those who drive from anywhere, dont worry about parking your car in LUMUT, we have 5 storey(may be more) covered parking space. (its a building)

Wahhh...the jetty..i think the most beautiful in malaysia..even ever crowded Langkawi..i give Lumut more points. There are sotong, ikan kering, keropok shop, hand carft, hawaii short and shirt, even surf board ... and off course those pelampung for Kids.( Jaws, supurmen, cicakman..)

Ticket to Pangkor hmmmm 10.00 ringgit..actually i only went to pangkor by mendayung , that why i not sure the price..but that was 15 years ago..every month we will have this program. " 0530 EMA and expedition to pangkor. 0600 oars in 1100 oars out.

For 2 years..thats among the best activities we had in Officers School, Naval Academy.

Manjung

New hot spot town in Perak, the fastest develop town in Perak, the most modern, well equips and most prosperous is MANJUNG. About 5km to Lumut, located between Sitiawan and Lumut, a city called Maritime City. If you were from Kuala Lumpur, the biggest bus station in this area is Manjung, the last stop is Lumut.

Manjung Bus Station recently have a new taxi station, about 1 month old. The taxi drivers moved from Sitiawan to be re station in manjung where there are more tourist, more travellers and more people come in and out compare to Sitiawan.They had pumped in their own money to buy small tent so called to be their Office while waiting for the passenger. Off course they are excited when saw me with camera hanging on my neck thinking i am the reporter to voice their problems.

Well..MDM..this is what the taxi operators would like to have:
1. Proper taxi station
2. Small office for them to wait for passengers
3. Telephone line for taxi call

After you reach manjung there are few hotel you can stay. More info on Manjung Hotel.

Lumut(MOSS) , Dinding or Wall

Lumut is a small town (population 31,880) in the state of Perak, Malaysia, situated about 84 km from Ipoh, 12 km from the town of Sitiawan and it is the gateway to Pangkor Island. It is a quaint little town famous for its beautiful seashell and coral handicrafts. This once little-known fishing town has since become the home base of the Royal Malaysian Navy.

Lumut in Malay means moss, lichen, or seaweed. In its early days, the beach is said to be rich in moss, so the local people called it Lumut. Lumut jetty now is the staging-off point to various beautiful offshore islands, including Pangkor

With the royal declaration, Lumut joins the prestigious list of navy towns around the world, similar to Sweden's Karlskrona, South Africa's Simon's Town, the United Kingdom's Portsmouth, Australia's Sydney, Germany's Kiel and the United States' Norfolk and New Port.

1. Karlskrona

Karlskrona in Blekinge,a city in south-eastern Sweden, when it was founded in 1680, was one of the most modern and most efficient naval bases of the time, when the Royal Swedish Navy was relocated there. The shipyard, architecture, urban planning, and the way in which installations and defences were constructed aroused considerable attention throughout Europe in the eighteenth century. Karlskrona's naval heritage has been continued down to our own times, with over 300 years' unbroken activity in the naval base and the shipyard.

The city is an exceptionally well preserved and complete example of a European naval base, built in the period when these were being established by several major maritime powers.

2. SIMONTOWN, Cape town

Simon's Town (also widely but incorrectly referred to as Simonstown) and, in Afrikaans, Simonstad), Situated about 40 km outside of the city,is a village and a naval base in South Africa, near Cape Town. It is located on the shores of False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula. For more than two centuries it has been an important naval base and harbour (first for the Royal Navy and now the South African Navy). The town is named after Simon van der Stel, an early governor of the Cape Colony.


3. Portsmouth, UK
Portsmouth (en-uk-Portsmouth.ogg /ˈpɔətsməθ/ (help·info)) city located in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the UK's only island city and is located on Portsea Island.[2] It is commonly nicknamed Pompey.

A significant naval port for centuries, Portsmouth is home to the world's oldest dry dock still in use and home to many famous ships, including Nelson's flagship HMS Victory. Portsmouth has declined as a naval base in recent years but remains a major dockyard and base for the Royal Navy and Royal Marine Commandos whose Headquarters resides there. There is also a commercial port serving destinations on the continent for freight and passenger traffic.

4. Norfolk City, USA

"We would love to welcome you to our community, where life is celebrated daily"

Founded in 1682, Norfolk grew up on the water, and its miles of lake, river and bay front are central to many of its neighborhoods and more than 241,000 people who call these communities home. The city's popular logo -- an elegant young mermaid, which can be spotted in outdoor sites from Downtown to Ocean View -- symbolizes 300 years of maritime and naval heritage and its modern reputation as a city on the move.

They exhibit an attraction such as the battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin, a salute to the city's long-standing relationship with the Navy, and Nauticus, The National Maritime Center, an interactive science and technology center -- dot Norfolk's easily-walked downtown waterfront. Here, tugboats and visiting cruise ships share the waters with sailboats and merchant ships.

5. Newport, Rhode Island

Newport, Rhode Island has long been considered an important naval town, due to its strategic geographic location on the Narragansett Bay. Back in the 1600s, even the English considered building a naval station there, but the plans never materialized.

During the Civil War, Newport became the chosen location for the U.S. Naval Academy as tensions heated up in the South, putting the Annapolis location in jeopardy. However, it wasn’t until the early years of World War II that an actual base was established in this coastal town. Newport quickly became one of the Navy’s largest and busiest bases of operations. By the war's end, more than 100 ships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet were based in Newport.

6. Kiel, Hamburg

The city was founded in the early part of the 13th century by Duke Adolf IV of Schauenburg and was granted a charter in 1242. In 1865 the Prussians were formally granted Kiel as a naval base and on the 24th June that year, Admiral Jackmann brought the Prussian fleet from Danzig and established the Baltic Naval Base in Kiel. Following the Austrian-Prussian War of 1870 the North German Federation Navy became the Kaiser's Navy and Kiel was declared a State Naval Harbour.

Kiel, the chief naval port of Germany on the Baltic, was a town of the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein. At Kiel were the naval technical school, an arsenal, and dry and floating docks.

7. Sydney Australia

Sydney grew up by the harbour, with the maritime history of Sydney being as old as the city itself. Australia’s first European settlement began at Sydney Cove in 1788.
Sydney is the home of the Royal Australian Navy’s Fleet Headquarters and the Australian Defence Force’s Joint Operations Command Headquarters. The Royal Australian Navy’s Fleet Base East is just one kilometre from the Opera House along the southern shoreline of Sydney Harbour and adjacent to Australia’s largest dry dock and ship repair facility, the historic Garden Island dockyard. Sydney also hosts the Royal Australian Navy’s Heritage Centre and the Maritime Warfare Training Centre.

Intro - canon dslr D350

My 12Th birthday in 1978, my mum gave me Yassica DSLR film camera, what thy called it now. Previously, my school mate called camera kena focus.
In 1978, i am the sole owner of that kind of material, no comparison even with all the teachers sum together..yes..i m that lucky

That how i develop friends, hobby, networking with teachers even headmaster. i am very important during hariraya, school event, birthday party, sport day, and so on. yes i make some money, and a lot of unpurchase photos. I have album without my face in it, i got photos which now may cost the owner some embarrassing moment..hehehe

After years using it, i m quite good, i went for free course with Redzuan Photo in Kg Baru, just lepak and ask few question, i came out like pro...well what u expect from jaguh kampung????

I lost touch when i joined the navy, no time to pulas2 the lens. yes ..i got new camera with no sense of pride when using it.

Then..digital camera was born..i don't fancy it..yassica still in my mind.

Then Azim and safir..the two boys used to work for me develop the interest and hobby in photography..they are good. check it out : http//www.flickr.com/people/azimanne/
I went to azim wedding and got to know Janggut.www.jangguttouch.com

Then...22 apr 2009, 31 years after my mum gave Yassica, i received canon dslr 350 from EDOT. hahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

My first assignment PAK SU kawin, 2nd SAFINAS...all the kids in my hse is the model.
Anak2 Hani, Andy..

My foremost assignment , i tasked myself is to promote Lumut, the Naval Town.