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KRI Untung Surapati (372)

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Parchim-class corvette
KRI Untung Surapati and RBU-6000 anti-submarine rockets, 28 September 2024
History
East Germany
NameRibnitz-Damgarten
NamesakeRibnitz-Damgarten
BuilderPeene-Werft, Wolgast
Launched28 December 1981
Commissioned29 October 1983
Decommissioned1993
IdentificationPennant number: 233
FateSold to Indonesian Navy
Indonesia
NameUntung Surapati
NamesakeUntung Surapati
Commissioned23 September 1993
HomeportSurabaya
IdentificationPennant number: 372
StatusActive
General characteristics
TypeKapitan Pattimura-class corvette
Displacement
  • 865 tonnes (standard)
  • 935 tonnes (fully loaded)
Length75.2 m (247 ft)
Beam9.78 m (32.1 ft)
Draft2.65 m (8.7 ft)
Propulsion
  • 3x4750 hp M-504A diesel (total 14.250 hp)
  • 3 fixed pitch propellers
  • 1x500 kW diesel generator
  • 2x200 kW diesel generators
Speed24.5 knots (45.4 km/h)
Range2,100 nautical miles (4,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement62 crew
Armament
  • as Ribnitz-Damgarten
  • 1 x twin 57 mm gun AK-725
  • 1 x twin 30 mm gun AK-230
  • 2 x SA-N-5 MANPAD positions
  • 2 x RBU-6000 ASW rocket launcher
  • 4 x 400 mm torpedo tubes
  • as KRI Untung Surapati
  • 1 x twin 57 mm gun AK-725
  • 1 x twin 30 mm gun AK-230
  • 2 x 20 mm gun Denel GI-2
  • 2 x RBU-6000 ASW rocket launcher

KRI Untung Surapati (372) is a Kapitan Pattimura-class corvette currently operated by the Indonesian Navy. Before her service in Indonesia, the ship was part of the East German Volksmarine, as Ribnitz-Damgarten (233).

Specifications

Main article: Parchim-class corvette

The Parchim-class corvette was developed for the East German Navy in the late 1970s, and built by the Wolgast Peene-Werft. The ships were designed for coastal anti-submarine warfare. In case of an all-out NATO-Warsaw Pact war in Europe their prime targets would have been the small U-206 coastal submarines of the West German navy. The first ship, Wismar (now the Indonesian KRI Sutanto), was launched on 9 April 1981 in Rostock, and subsequently another 15 ships were built until 1986. To make production more economical, the Soviet Union agreed to purchase another 12 ships from Wolgaster Peenewerft built between 1986 and 1990, thereby effectively subsidising the East German shipbuilding industry.

The ships of the Soviet Navy were named Parchim II by NATO. Though useful as a coastal ASW platform, the Soviet production of the similar but far more powerful Grisha class made this purchase even more illogical for the Soviet Navy. After German re-unification the former East German ships were sold to the TNI-AL (Indonesian Navy) in 1993. The Indonesian Navy extensively refurbished their Parchims, to the point where the refurbishing exceeded the cost of purchase. They are still in service, both in the Indonesian Navy and in the Russian Baltic Fleet.

Indonesian Parchims have completed a major refit to fulfill Indonesian Navy needs. The one twin 57 mm gun AK-725 and one twin 30 mm gun AK-230 were retained except for KRI Sultan Thaha Syaifuddin where the 30mm AK-230 replaced by Chinese made Type 730 CIWS. The RBU-6000 also retained as a major armament. Two SA-N-5 SAM removed and replaced by two Vektor G12 20mm gun. Four 400mm Russian-made torpedo launcher was out of service because there is no Russian made torpedo in Indonesian Navy inventory so this Russian made torpedo launcher replaced by two western made triple torpedo launcher but only for two ships.

Service history

Ribnitz-Damgarten was launched on 28 December 1981 by Peene-Werft, Wolgast was commissioned on 29 October 1983. Following the end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany, Ribnitz was sold to the Indonesian Navy in 1993, alongside 15 other Kapitan Pattimura-class corvettes and 23 other vessels in a US$12.7 million deal. She was renamed Untung Surapati and was commissioned on 23 September 1993 following modifications.

References

  1. ^ "Parchim (class) / Project 1331M". Militaryfactory.com. Archived from the original on 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
  2. "Small Anti-Submarine Ships Project 1331M". russianships.info. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Corvette Parchim (1331M)". theworldwars.net. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  4. Julio, Emirald (28 June 2016). "Mengulas KRI Imam Bonjol, Pengawal Kedaulatan RI di Natuna". Okezone (in Indonesian). Retrieved 26 April 2019.
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