Viper-class patrol craft
Appearance
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History | |
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Name | Viper class |
Namesake | Viperidae |
Completed | 6 |
Decommissioned | 2 |
In service | 4 |
General characteristics | |
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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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.[1]
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.[citation needed]
Armaments
[edit]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
[edit]KAL Viper helped recover some of the bodies from the ferry MV Levina 1.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.acheh-eye.org/a-eye_news_files/a-eye_news_english/news_item.asp?NewsID=4463[permanent dead link] Navy's Small Patrol Boats Effective Tools in Fighting Piracy: TNI Chief. [dead link]
- ^ 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