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41-577: First Admiral Noor Zukhi Hj Harun is the current commander of Lumut Naval Base, succeeding First Admiral Dato' Anuar Alias PGB on 11 November 2021. Woodlands Naval Base in Singapore has served as the Malaysian navy's headquarters since before Malaysia gained independence from the United Kingdom . Even after Singapore's expulsion from Malaysia in 1963, the base that serves as the home of KD Malaya

82-599: A heliport at the Lumut Naval Base, thereby establishing the Naval Air Unit . Lumut Naval Base is a large military installation that houses several Royal Malaysian Navy units. Among the tenants' units are: Shore establishments (the Stone frigate ). Malaysian Army unit The following facilities were available at Lumut Naval Base: Commodore (rank) Commodore is a senior naval rank used in many navies which

123-414: A few country the honorific high position of commodore it is indicated with the high rank denomination of senior captain . Traditionally, commodore is the title of the president of a yacht club. During wartime, a shipping convoy will have a ranking officer—sometimes an active-duty naval officer , at other times a civilian master or retired naval officer—designated as the convoy commodore . This title

164-469: A naval base. Initially, Klang was chosen as the location for the base. However, after a thorough examination of the geography of Klang, they decided on Lumut as the location for the Royal Malaysian Navy headquarters. The Royal Malaysian Navy planned to build a shipyard for ship maintenance at Lumut Naval Base in 1977, and two German firms, Blohm & Voss and Thyssen AG , were selected to build

205-570: A team called the Naval Study Team, led by Commander V. Ramachandran, as the Head of Operations and Planning, and Lieutenant Commander T.A. Scully, as the Head of Engineering, and the team collaborated with Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG  [ de ] , a West Germany civil engineering firm that had already built a small naval base in Lumut, and they began looking for a suitable location to build

246-528: Is an informal term which has its origin in Britain's Royal Navy (RN), after its use of Diamond Rock , an island off Martinique , as a ' sloop of war ' to harass the French in 1803–1804. The Royal Navy was prohibited from ruling over land, so the land was commissioned as a ship . The command of this first stone frigate was given to Commodore Hood's first lieutenant, James Wilkes Maurice , who, with cannon taken off

287-560: Is equivalent to brigadier or brigadier general and air commodore . It is superior to a navy captain , but below a rear admiral . It is either regarded as the most junior of the flag officers rank or may not hold the jurisdiction of a flag officer at all depending on the officer's appointment. Non-English-speaking nations commonly use the rank of flotilla admiral , counter admiral , or senior captain as an equivalent, although counter admiral may also correspond to rear admiral lower half abbreviated as RDML . Traditionally, "commodore"

328-495: Is not related to the individual ' s military rank (if any), but instead is the title of the senior individual responsible for the overall operation of the merchant ships and naval auxiliary ships that make up the convoy. The convoy commodore does not command the convoy ' escort forces (if any), which are commanded by a naval officer who serves as escort commander. Civilian yacht clubs , yachting associations and fellowships with formal hierarchical structures, began to use

369-662: Is still operational under Malaysia. The Malaysian government planned to move the Royal Malaysia Navy's headquarters to Malaysia in 1969, but they couldn't agree on a location. In order to defend the Malacca Straits , the Royal Malaysia Navy established a small base in Lumut in January 1973. On 5 July 1975, Malaysia's then- Prime Minister , Abdul Razak Hussein , visited the Woodlands Naval Base and expressed concern that

410-427: Is the title for any officer assigned to command more than one ship, even temporarily, much as "captain" is the traditional title for the commanding officer of a single ship even if the officer's official title in the service is a lower rank. As an official rank, a commodore typically commands a flotilla or squadron of ships as part of a larger task force or naval fleet commanded by an admiral . A commodore's ship

451-606: Is typically designated by the flying of a broad pennant , as compared to an admiral's flag. "Commodore" is typically regarded as a one-star rank with a NATO code of OF-6 , known in the U.S. as " rear admiral (lower half)", but whether it is regarded as a flag rank varies among countries. It is sometimes abbreviated as "Cdre" in British Royal Navy, "CDRE" in the US Navy, "Cmdre" in the Royal Canadian Navy, "COMO" in

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492-590: The Argentine Army , and a colonel or group captain in other air forces of the world. The Argentine rank below commodore is the rank of vice-commodore (Spanish vicecomodoro ) equivalent to a lieutenant-colonel in the Argentine Army, and a lieutenant-colonel or wing commander in other air forces. Commodore is a rank in the Royal Netherlands Air Force . It is a one-star rank and has essentially

533-608: The Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary —PCGA—each of the directors in command of the ten Coast Guard Auxiliary districts are commodores, as well as most of the Deputy National Directors (some may be rear admirals). Commodore is abbreviated to COMMO in the PCGA. Vanderbilt University 's intercollegiate athletics teams are nicknamed the " Commodores ", a reference to Cornelius Vanderbilt 's self-appointed title (he

574-515: The United Kingdom . Under Section 87 of the Naval Discipline Act 1866 ( 29 & 30 Vict. c. 109), the provisions of the act only applied to officers and men of the Royal Navy borne on the books of a warship . When shore establishments began to become more common, it was necessary to allocate the title of the establishment to an actual vessel which became the nominal depot ship for

615-569: The Air Force. It is usually—but incorrectly—referred to as "navy commodore", to avoid confusion with the "air force commodore", which is equivalent to the navy's captain and army's colonel. The sleeve lace is identical to that of the Royal Navy, and wears one star on the epaulette. Commodore, in Spanish comodoro , is a rank in the Argentine Air Force . This rank is the equivalent of a colonel in

656-641: The Commodore's ship, manned it with a crew of 120 until its capture by the French in the Battle of Diamond Rock in 1805. Until the late 19th century, the Royal Navy housed training and other support facilities in hulks ; old wooden ships of the line , moored in ports as receiving ships , depot ships , or floating barracks. The Admiralty regarded shore accommodation as expensive, and liable to lead to indiscipline. As ships began to use increasingly complex technology during

697-592: The Royal Malaysian Navy is also constructing a basic boot camp here. The training centre received its first batch of recruits for basic training on 14 January 1980. On 9 September 1984, the Royal Malaysian Navy HQ in Woodlands Naval Base began relocating to Lumut Naval Base after 9 years of construction. The relocations were marked by a ceremony in accordance with Royal Navy customs. Captain Khoo Tee Chuan, then Commander of Navy Fleet Material Support, led

738-574: The Spanish Navy and in some navies speaking the Spanish language , or "CMDE" as used in the Indian Navy and in navies of several other countries. The rank of commodore derives from the French commandeur , which was the second highest rank in the orders of knighthood , and in military orders the title of the knight in charge of a commandery . The Dutch Navy also used the rank of commandeur from

779-467: The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard . It was discontinued as a rank in these services during the postwar period, but as an appointment, the title "commodore" was then used to identify senior U.S. Navy captains who commanded squadrons of more than one vessel or functional air wings or air groups that were not part of a carrier air wing or carrier air group. Concurrently, until the early 1980s, U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard captains selected for promotion to

820-511: The ceremony by boarding the KD Hang Tuah , which was decked out in all Royal Malaysian Navy unit colours. The Royal Malaysian Navy purchased six used Westland Wasp helicopters from the Royal Navy in May 1986. As part of the agreement, the Royal Navy will loan two pilots, one aviation engineer, and five aviation technicians to the Royal Malaysian Navy. As a result, the Royal Malaysian Navy constructed

861-470: The clubs that are more than a century old, such as the Los Angeles Yacht Club have formal ceremonies, where commodores from more than 100 surrounding yacht clubs, flag officers of the US Navy and Coast Guard attend a ceremony at the beginning of the year. The ceremony includes a bagpipe entrance, a presentation of the country flag by commissioned officers of the country's navy and a cannon shot upon

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902-523: The concept of a unit commodore for the commander of a wing, usually in the rank of colonel (OF-5). Commodore is also a title held by many captains as recognition of exceptional navigation ability and seagoing seniority in the Merchant Service, and by the directors of a few yacht clubs and boating associations. Commodores 'in command' as Master aboard Merchant Marine ships wear distinctive rank and cap insignia denoting their honorific high rank position. In

943-522: The dockyard for local use, were administratively assigned. As a consequence, HMS Malabar was often used interchangeably with HM Dockyard Bermuda or Royal Naval Dockyard Bermuda , and has been often mistaken as referring only to specific subordinate naval facilities in Bermuda, such as the wireless station at Daniel's Head or the Royal Naval Air Station. After the Bermuda dockyard was reduced to

984-416: The early 1980s. This immediately caused confusion with those senior U.S. Navy captains commanding destroyer squadrons, submarine squadrons, functional air wings and air groups, and so on, who held the temporary "title" of commodore while in their major command billet. As a result of this confusion, the services soon renamed the new one-star rank as commodore admiral (CADM) within the first six months following

1025-546: The end of the 16th century for a variety of temporary positions, until it became a conventional permanent rank in 1955. The Royal Netherlands Air Force has adopted the English spelling of "commodore" for an equivalent rank. In the Royal Navy , the position was introduced in the 17th century to combat the cost of appointing more admirals—a costly business with a fleet as large as the Royal Navy's at that time. The rank of commodore

1066-575: The existing jetty was insufficient for the Royal Malaysia Navy's future plans, and that it was also unsuitable for a Royal Malaysia Navy headquarters located outside of Malaysia. Following his visit, the Royal Malaysian Navy agenda was incorporated into the Third Malaysia Plan , which includes upgrading Woodlands Naval Base, fleet modernization, and the construction of two new Royal Malaysian Navy military bases (later to become Lumut Naval Base and Kuantan Naval Base ). The Royal Malaysian Navy formed

1107-451: The highest levels of the organization, similar in nature to active and reserve rear admirals and vice admirals use the term commodore (e.g., district commodore, assistant national commodore, deputy national commodore, national commodore, etc.). These Coast Guard auxiliarists may permanently append the title commodore, sometimes abbreviated COMO, to their names (e.g., Commodore James A. Smith, National Commodore; or COMO Jim Smith, (NACO)). In

1148-464: The late 19th century, these facilities became too large to continue afloat, and were moved to shore establishments while keeping their former names. An early 'stone frigate' was the engineering training college HMS  Marlborough  (1855) , moved ashore to Portsmouth in 1880. The gunnery school continued to be named HMS Excellent after its move ashore to Whale Island in 1891. By World War I there were about twenty-five 'stone frigates' in

1189-510: The men allocated to the establishment, and thus ensured they were subject to the provisions of the act. By example, in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda , the depot ship permanently berthed at the Royal Naval Dockyard from 1857 to 1897 was HMS  Terror , which was replaced by the former troopship HMS  Malabar (renamed HMS Terror in 1901). The former HMS Malabar

1230-516: The racing season. The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary also employs variants of the title of commodore. Members of the Auxiliary serve in the Coast Guard's uniformed auxiliary service and they do not have military rank, but who do wear modified U.S. Coast Guard uniforms and U.S. military-style officer rank insignia to indicate office. Auxiliary members who have been elected or appointed to positions in

1271-416: The raising of each individual officer's flags on a flag staff, (also known as flagpoles ) for each flag officer (commodore, vice commodore, rear commodore) as their term of office officially begins. Sometimes a trumpet fanfare is also include for special occasions like ribbon cutting in 2019 for the 50th Transpacific Yacht Race . Salutes are given to commodores for special ceremonies, including opening days of

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1312-412: The rank of rear admiral (lower half), would wear the same insignia as rear admiral (upper half), i.e., two silver stars for collar insignia or sleeve braid of one wide and one narrow gold stripe, even though they were actually only equivalent to one-star officers and paid at the one-star rate. To correct this inequity, the rank of commodore as a single star flag officer was reinstated by both services in

1353-578: The rank's reintroduction. However, this was considered an awkward title and the one-star flag rank was renamed a few months later to its current title of rear admiral (lower half), later abbreviated by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard as RDML. The "title" of commodore continues to be used in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard for those senior captains in command of organizations consisting of groups of ships or submarines organized into squadrons ; air wings or air groups of multiple aviation squadrons other than carrier air wings (the latter whose commanders still use

1394-543: The same rank insignia as the British air commodore . Many air forces use the rank of air commodore . This rank was first used by the Royal Air Force and is now used in many countries such as Australia, Bangladesh, Greece, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Thailand and Zimbabwe. It is the equivalent rank to the navy rank of "commodore", and the army ranks of brigadier and brigadier general . The German air force used

1435-505: The senior officer present afloat (SOPA). In the Argentine Navy, the position of commodore was created in the late 1990s, and is usually, but not always, issued to senior captains holding rear-admirals' positions. It is not a rank but a distinction and, as such, can be issued by the chief of staff without congressional approval. Its equivalents are colonel-major in the Army and commodore-major in

1476-466: The shipyard. The shipyard is now known as the Boustead Naval Shipyard . In 1977, the Royal Malaysian Navy sent officers to three nations' navy forces, the United Kingdom , France , and West Germany , to visit naval training centres. During their visits, the Royal Malaysian Navy expressed interest in the maritime tactics training and plans to build one in Lumut. Aside from the tactics centre,

1517-454: The title " CAG "); explosive ordnance disposal ( EOD ), mine warfare and special warfare ( SEAL ) groups; Mobile Inshore Underwater Warfare (MIUW) groups; and construction ( SeaBee ) regiments. Although not flag officers, modern day commodores in the U.S. Navy rate a blue and white command pennant, also known as a broad pennant , that is normally flown at their headquarters facilities ashore or from ships that they are embarked aboard when they are

1558-519: The title "commodore" in countries around the world for their presidents in the early twentieth century along with "vice commodore" in the same manner as "vice president,"and "rear-commodore" and "port captain' or "international bridge member" in the same manner as board members. Commodores, vice-commodores and rear-commodores are also known as civilian flag officers because they have an epaulettes , regalia and maritime flags with designated symbols and number of stars for their ranks. Many of

1599-515: Was at first a position created as a temporary title to be bestowed upon captains who commanded squadrons of more than one vessel. In many navies, the rank of commodore was merely viewed as a senior captain position, whereas other naval services bestowed upon the rank of commodore the prestige of flag officer status. In 1899, the substantive rank of commodore was discontinued in the United States Navy , but revived during World War II in both

1640-782: Was sold in 1918, following which the name HMS Malabar was applied to the Casemates Naval Barracks in the Royal Naval Dockyard as a stone frigate (under command of the Captain in Charge of the dockyard) to which all shore personnel at Bermuda, whether belonging to the dockyard, to outlying naval facilities (such as Admiralty House, Bermuda , Royal Naval Air Station Bermuda , or the Royal Naval wireless station (from 1961, NRS Bermuda ) at Daniel's Head ), or to minor vessels assigned to

1681-477: Was the master of a large shipping fleet). In the U.S. Sea Scouting program (which is part of the Boy Scouts of America ), all National, Regional, Area, and Council committee chairs are titled as commodore, while senior committee members are addressed as vice commodore. Ship committee chairs do not hold this recognition. Stone frigate A stone frigate is a naval establishment on land. 'Stone frigate'

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