Viper-class patrol craft
Viper class is a Type PC-40 fiberglass patrol craft of the Indonesian Navy. It was commissioned from 20 October 2006 by Indonesian National Armed Forces Commander Marshal Djoko Suyanto.[2]
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| History | |
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| Name: | Viper class |
| Namesake: | Viperidae |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 |
| In service: | 4 |
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| Class and type: | Type PC-40 patrol craft |
| Tonnage: | 100 tons |
| Length: | 40 m (131 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
| Endurance: | 4 days |
| Armament: |
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There are a total of six craft in this class, Viper, Piton, Weling, Matacora, Tedung Selar, Boiga.As 2018 four craft remained in service while two craft were decommissioned.[3]
Armaments
The vessel is equipped with Russian-made 25 mm and 12.7 mm calibre machine guns. It also has a combat information room, a communication room and an ammunition store room.
Notable deployments
KAL Viper helped recover some of the bodies from the ferry MV Levina 1.[4]
References
- "Panglima TNI Resmikan Empat Kapal Perang Baru TNI AL ("TNI Commander Inaugurates Four New Navy Warships")". defense-studies.blogspot.co.uk (in Indonesian). 19 October 2006. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- http://www.acheh-eye.org/a-eye_news_files/a-eye_news_english/news_item.asp?NewsID=4463%5B%5D Navy's Small Patrol Boats Effective Tools in Fighting Piracy: TNI Chief.
- "Combat Fleets Of The World: Future of the Indonesian Navy". combatfleetoftheworld.blogspot.co.uk. 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- 1 dead, 3 missing as gutted Indonesian ferry wreck sinks - Death toll from fire now 42 - Inquirer.net - Obtained March 27, 2007. Archived February 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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