KRI ''Fatahillah'' (361) is an

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, a national war

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from the

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and consequently changed its name to

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. KRI ''Fatahillah'' is a missile-equipped

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, the first ship of .

Design

''Fatahillah'' has a length of , a beam of , a draught of and displacement of standard and at full load. The ship has two shafts and was powered with

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-type propulsion, which were consisted of one

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TM-3B

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with and two MTU 16V956 TB81 diesel engines with . The ship has a top speed of . ''Fatahillah'' has a complement of 89 personnel, including 11 officers.

Mid-Life upgrade

Ultra Electronics (Ultra CCS) was awarded a contract as the prime contractor for the mid-life upgrade of KRI ''Fatahillah'' in 2013 which includes replacement of the Combat Management System and sensors, re-powering and general overhaul, this USD50M contract is due to complete with ship handover back to the Navy in 2016. This upgrade included replacement of the WM-25 fire control radar with the installation of SCANTER 4100 and the installation of the Ultra Electronics Command and Control system. Tellumat Defence & Security also provided the PT-2500 naval IFF system to Ultra Electronics for the mid-life upgrade. In December 2016, PT. Dok dan Perkapalan Surabaya hand over the completed ship to Indonesian Ministry of Defense at their yard in Surabaya.

Service history

''Fatahillah'' was laid down on 31 January 1977 at

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. The ship was launched on 22 December 1977 and was commissioned on 16 July 1979. The ship was part of a team of several Indonesian and one

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vessels searching for the missing

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. It located several unidentified metal objects which may have been part of the missing plane. ''Fatahillah'', along with , , , , , , , , , , , and were deployed in waters off

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to patrol the area during 2022 G20 Bali summit on 15–16 November 2022.

References

* * * * Jackson. Grange books. Destroyer, frigate, corvette. 2000

External links

KRI Fatahillah on TNI-AL's (Indonesian Navy) website
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