Teluk Bintuni-class landing ship tank

The Teluk Bintuni class, Indonesian designation AT-117M is a class of landing ship tank that is being built indigenously for the Indonesian Navy by various Indonesian local shipyard, it was announced that the Indonesian Navy intends to acquire a total of twelve vessels of the same class with some modification from the lead ship to improve ship's capability.[2]

KRI Teluk Bintuni
Class overview
Name: Teluk Bintuni class[1]
Builders:
  • PT Dok & Perkapalan Kodja Bahari (Persero)
  • PT Daya Radar Utama
  • PT Bandar Abadi Shipyard
Operators:  Indonesian Navy
Preceded by: Teluk Gilimanuk class
In service: 2014–present
Planned: 12
Building: 2
Completed: 7
Active: 2
General characteristics
Type: Landing ship tank
Displacement: 2,300 tons
Length: 117–120 m (383 ft 10 in–393 ft 8 in)
Beam: 16–18 m (52 ft 6 in–59 ft 1 in)
Height: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Propulsion: 2 x 3,285 kW (4,405 hp) main engines
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range: 6,240 nmi (11,560 km; 7,180 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity:
  • 10 unit Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks or 15 unit BMP-3F infantry fighting vehicles
  • 4 unit LCVPs
  • 1 unit RIB 10 m rubber boat
  • 2 unit RIB 7 m rubber boat
Troops: 361
Complement: 119 total
Armament:
  • 117 meters variant:
    2 x Bofors 40 mm/L70 guns
    2 x 12.7 mm machine guns
  • 120 meters variant:
    1 x Bofors 40 mm/L70 guns
    1 x 20 mm cannon
    2 x 12.7 mm machine guns
Aircraft carried: 2 x 10-ton helicopter

Characteristics

Teluk Bintuni has a length of 120 metres (393 ft 8 in), a beam measuring 18 metres (59 ft 1 in), and a height of 7.8 metres (25 ft 7 in) with a draft of 3 metres (9 ft 10 in). She has a capacity of 476 passengers, including crew, alongside 10 Leopard main battle tanks and a helicopter. The ship was designed to be able to stay at sea for 20 days.[3] With a crew of 119, consisting of 113 sailors and 6 helicopter crew, she has a displacement of 2,300 tonnes and has a maximum speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). The ship is armed with light defensive weapons in form of a Bofors 40 mm gun and two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns.[4] The vessel could also carry four LCVP boats, and is equipped with a crane for cargo loading and offloading.[5]

Ships
Name Hull number Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
117M variant
KRI Teluk Kendari 518 PT Dok & Perkapalan Kodja Bahari (Persero) 26 September 2014 Fitting-out
KRI Teluk Kupang 519 PT Dok & Perkapalan Kodja Bahari (Persero) 17 January 2017 Fitting-out [6]
KRI Teluk Lada 521 PT Daya Radar Utama 20 April 2016 28 June 2018 26 February 2019 Active [7]
AT-8 PT Bandar Abadi Shipyard 19 December 2019 Under construction [8]
AT-9 PT Bandar Abadi Shipyard 19 December 2019 Under construction
120M variant
KRI Teluk Bintuni 520 PT Daya Radar Utama 27 September 2014 17 June 2015 Active [9][10]
KRI Teluk Youtefa 522 PT Daya Radar Utama 21 April 2017 15 May 2019 Launched [11]
KRI Teluk Palu 523 PT Daya Radar Utama 21 April 2017 1 June 2019 Launched[12]
KRI Teluk Calang 524 PT Daya Radar Utama 21 April 2017 21 August 2019 Launched

Operational history

In January 2018, during a naval landing exercise at the Berhala Strait, Teluk Bintuni received a signal from a tugboat which was being hijacked by pirates. The vessel launched an LCVP and apprehended the hijackers.[13] She later brought supplies to areas affected by the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami.[14]

In August 2019, Teluk Lada was dispatched to rescue hostages aboard MV Mina Sejati, a 36-crew squid fishing vessel which was hijacked by several members of her own crew off Tual, Maluku.[15][16] Mina Sejati was later discovered empty by Teluk Lada, with eleven survivors testifying that three of the crew had massacred the others.[17]

References
  3. Retaduari, Elza Astari (19 June 2015). "Ini KRI Teluk Bintuni, Kapal Angkut Tank Leopard Buatan Dalam Negeri". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. "KRI Teluk Bintuni, Kapal Angkut Tank Terbaru TNI AL". Satu Harapan (in Indonesian). 19 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. Fadillah, Ramadhan. "KRI Bintuni, kapal produksi dalam negeri pengangkut Tank Leopard". Merdeka (in Indonesian). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  9. https://www.tni.mil.id/view-66113-upacara-peluncuran-kri-teluk-bintuni-dan-pelantikan-komandan-kri-teluk-bintuni-520.html
  10. https://www.drushipyard.com/dru-serahkan-kapal-kri-teluk-bintuni-520/
  13. Indrawan, Aditya Fajar (25 January 2018). "KRI Teluk Bintuni Gagalkan Perompakan di Perairan Selat Berhala". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  14. "KRI Teluk Bintuni Angkut 70 Ton Bantuan Korban Gempa ke Palu". SINDOnews.com (in Indonesian). 10 October 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  15. "TNI AL Berusaha Kuasai KM Mina yang Dibajak". Republika (in Indonesian). 20 August 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  16. "TNI AL Kirim KRI Teluk Lada Selamatkan Sandera KM Mina Sejati". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  17. "Duduk Perkara Pembantaian ABK KM Mina Sejati, 23 Orang Termasuk Pembantai Hilang Misterius". KOMPAS (in Indonesian). 23 August 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.