The ''Ahmad Yani'' class of six general-purpose
frigate
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s were acquired by the
Indonesian Navy in the 1980s. They were originally built in the Netherlands for the
Royal Netherlands Navy
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as the which were licence-built versions of the British .
Operational history
In 1992,
KRI ''Ki Hajar Dewantara'', along with KRI ''Yos Sudarso'' and KRI ''Teluk Banten'' intercepted the Portuguese ship ''Lusitania Expresso'' in
East Timor. Col. Widodo, deputy assistant of the Indonesian Navy´s Eastern Fleet, told Radio Republik Indonesia from aboard the Indonesian warship KRI ''Yos Sudarso'' that the ferry entered Indonesian waters at 5:28 a.m. local time on March 11, 1992. At 6:07, the ''Lusitania Expresso'' had traveled into Indonesian territory and Captain Luis Dos Santos (''Lusitania Expresso''s captain) was ordered to leave immediately. Col. Widodo said the Portuguese ship captain obeyed the order and turned his ship around and headed back to sea.
Ships
Modernisation
All six frigates have had their
steam turbine
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power plants replaced with
marine diesel engines.
The frigates of the ''Ahmad Yani'' class are due to be replaced by the s (SIGMA PKR 10514); the first of which, ''Raden Eddy Martadinata'' (331), was commissioned on 7 April 2017.
See also
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List of active Indonesian Navy ships
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Equipment of the Indonesian Navy
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References
{{Indonesian Navy active ship classes
Frigates of the Indonesian Navy
Frigate classes