Ku qor sii wadida faqradan - Ciidanka Badda ee Malay waxaa dib loo hawlgeliyey 24 Diseembar 1948 markii uu qarxay xaaladda degdegga ah ee Malay
, dagaalkii jabhadihii shuuciga ahaa ee ka soo horjeeday dowladii gumeysiga Ingiriiska. Xeerarka Ciidanka Badda ee Malayan (MNF) waxaa lagu dhawaaqay 4tii Maarso 1949 mas'uuliyiintii gumeysiga, waxaana saldhigiisu ahaa saldhigga raadiyaha ee hore ee Royal Air Force ee Woodlands, Singapore. Saldhigga waxaa loogu yeeri jiray 'MNF Barracks' laakiin markii dambe waxaa loo beddelay HMS "Malaya". Kaydka iskaa wax u qabso ee Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) waxaa dib loo aasaasay sidii ciidan wadajir ah oo ka kooban Qeybta Singapore iyo Qeybta Federaalka, iyadoo la raacayo Sharci ka soo baxay Singapore sanadkii 1952. Hawlgalka ugu weyn ee Ciidanka Badda ee Malayan (MNF) wuxuu ahaa ilaalinta xeebta si loo joojiyo shuuciyadaha ka helaya sahayda badda. Waxaa intaa dheer, Ciidanka waxaa loo xilsaaray ilaalinta marinada Singapore iyo dekedaha kale. MNF waxaa lagu qalabeeyay HMS "Test", oo loo isticmaali jiray markab tababar. Sanadkii 1950, ciidanka MNF waxay ballaariyeen inay ku daraan HMS "Laburnum" oo horey u ahaa miinada Japan, Landing Craft Tank (LCT) HMS "Pelandok" ("Mousedeer"), markab kalluumeysi oo gawaarida wata HMS "Panglima" ("Marshal"), markab dib u soo celinta torpedo HMS "Simbang" iyo dhowr gawaarida difaaca badda (SDML). Bishii Ogosto 1952, Boqoradda Elizabeth II waxay siisay cinwaanka "Royal Malayan Navy" ee Ciidanka Badda ee Malayan si loogu aqoonsado adeeggeeda cajiibka ah ee ficilka inta lagu gudajiray Xaaladda Degdegga ah ee Malayan.