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WASPADA KDB

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Dec 28, 2015 7:08 pm

Built as a fast attack patrol craft by Vosper Thornycroft, Singapore for the Royal Brunei Navy.
?Laid down.
03 August 1977 launched as the KDB WASPADA P02 one of the Waspada class, she was the lead ship of her class of three ships.
Tonnage 175 ton standard, 206 full load, dim. 36.9 x 7.2 x 1.8m. (draught)
Powered by two MTU 20V 538 TB91 diesel engines, 8,985 hp, twin shafts, speed 32 knots.
Range by a speed of 14 knots, 1,380 miles.
Armament: 2 – 30mm Oerlikons L85 AA, 2 – 7.62 mm machine guns. 2 – MM.38 Exocet anti-ship missiles.
Crew 24.
02 August 1978 completed.

After completed she was used as a patrol craft in the Brunei waters, and the class was ideally suited for the coastal requirement of Brunei.
1988 She underwent an upgrade, her fire-control and ESM systems were improved.
15 April 2011 transferred to the Indonesian Navy, and renamed KRI SALAWAKU (642).
2015 In service.

Brunei 2015 50 Sen sg?, scott?
Source: Internet. Small Craft Navies by Christopher Chant.
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