Lumut is a coastal town and mukim inManjung District,Perak,Malaysia,^[1] situated about 84 km (52 mi) southwest of thestate capital city ofIpoh, 12 km (7.5 mi) north from the town ofSitiawan. It is the main gateway toPangkor Island before established Marina Island Pangkor as second gateway, and noted forseashell andcoral handicrafts.

Lumut
Town
Other transcription(s)
• Jawi	لوموت‎
• Chinese	红土坎(Simplified) 紅土坎(Traditional)
• Tamil	லூமுட் Lūmuṭ(Transliteration)
Lumut Jetty
Country	Malaysia
State	Perak
District	Manjung
Population	31,880

This once little-known fishing town has since become the home base of theRoyal Malaysian Navy and the site of the biggest naval shipbuilder in Malaysia,Boustead.

Lumut inMalay meansmoss,lichen, orseaweed. In its early days, the beach was said to be rich in moss, so the local people called it Lumut.

Lumut has a shelteredjetty. A largeHockchew community moved from there toSitiawan. Theestuary was formerly characterized by damp mossy soils on reddish earth. Tin and lumber were transported there by elephants and sampans, from as far away asKinta. It was once part of theStraits Settlements by virtue of thePangkor Treaty of 1874 until it was returned to Perak by Great Britain in 1935.

On 23 April 2024, twoRoyal Malaysian Navy helicopters – anAgustaWestland AW139 and aEurocopter Fennec – collided during a military parade rehearsal celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Navy.^[2][3] Ten people – seven on the AW139 and three on the Fennec – were killed. There were no survivors.

Since 1993, sixU.S. Navy warships had been repaired at Lumut's dockyard at a cost of RM 1.6 million. The warships wereUSNS Sioux,USS Tuscaloosa,USS Fort McHenry,USS Schenectady,USS Rushmore, andUSS Reid.^{[citation needed]}

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  Royal Malaysian Navy training shipKD Hang Tuah (left) and multi-role support shipKD Mahawangsa seen berthed at Lumut Naval Base
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  Naval shipbuilding atBoustead, located in Lumut
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  Aerial photograph of Pangkor Island and Lumut from the east

• Masjid An-nur PengkalanTLDM
• Masjid Khairul Jariah Segari
• Masjid Al-Adly Pekan Lumut
• Masjid Sultan Idris Shah
• Masjid Arfiah Kampung Batu

• Perak Government Portal

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