Lumut 

is a coastal town (population 31,880) in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia,

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.

Contents

 1History
 2Dockyard
 3List of Mosques
 4External links

History[edit]
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[edit]
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.

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

 

Aerial photograph of Pangkor Island and Lumut from the east

List of Mosques[edit]
 Masjid An-nur Pengkalan TLDM
 Masjid Khairul Jariah Segari
 Masjid Al-Adly Pekan Lumut
 Masjid Sultan Idris Shah
 Masjid Arfiah Kampung Batu

External links[edit]
Wikivoyage has a travel
guide for Lumut.

Wikimedia Commons has

media related to Lumut.

 Perak Government Portal

Coordinates:  4.233°N 100.633°E

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