Lumut, Perak

Lumut is a coastal town (population 31,880) and mukim in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia,^[1] situated about 84 km (52 mi) from Ipoh, 12 km (7.5 mi) from the town of Sitiawan and it is the main gateway to Pangkor Island before established Marina Island Pangkor as second gateway. It is noted for seashell and coral handicrafts. This once little-known fishing town has since become the home base of the Royal Malaysian Navy and the site of the biggest naval shipbuilder in Malaysia, Boustead.

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

History

Lumut has a sheltered jetty. A large Hock Chew community moved from there to Sitiawan. The estuary was formerly characterized by damp mossy soils on reddish earth. Tin and lumber were transported there by elephants and sampans, from as far away as Kinta. It was once part of the Straits Settlements by virtue of the Pangkor Treaty of 1874 until it was returned to Perak by Great Britain in 1935.

Dockyard

Since 1993, six U.S. Navy warships had been repaired at Lumut's dockyard at a cost of RM 1.6 million. The warships were USNS Sioux, USS Tuscaloosa, USS Fort McHenry, USS Schenectady, USS Rushmore, and USS Reid.

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

List of mosques

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

References

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Lumut.