KDB Pejuang
KDB Pejuang (P-03) / KRI Badau (P-841) is the second ship of Waspada-class built up in the late 1970s, one of three ordered in Singapore. She was launched on 1978, and was in service with the Royal Brunei Navy until 2011, when she was sold to the Indonesian Navy.She is currently active in Indonesia service as "KRI Badau".[1]
 KDB Pejuang before her transfer to Indonesia. | |
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| Name: | KDB Pejuang |
| Ordered: | 1976 |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft, Singapore |
| Launched: | 15 March 1978 |
| Commissioned: | 25 March 1979 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 April 2011 |
| Homeport: | Muara, Brunei |
| Identification: | P-03 |
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| Name: | KRI Badau |
| Acquired: | 2011 |
| Homeport: | Lantamal V, Surabaya |
| Identification: |
P-841 P-652 |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Waspada-class fast attack craft |
| Displacement: | 206 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 121 ft (37 m) |
| Draft: | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 MTU 20V 538 TB91 diesels |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range: | 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 4 officers, 20 enlisted |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 (surface search) |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: | Decca RDL ESM |
| Armament: |
2 x Oerlikon 30mm GCM-BO1 2 x M2 Browning |
Construction
KDB Pejuang was ordered in 1976. She was laid down by Vosper Thornycroft in Singapore and launched on 15 March 1978. She was commissioned on 25 June 1979.
Description
KDB Pejuang is a small missile boat, orientated to be a patrol boat. The overall length of this boat is 36.9 m, the width – 7.2 m and the draft – 1.8 m. The displacement tonnage is 150 or 206 tones (depending on the source). The ship is powered by two compression-ignition engines MTU 20V538 TB91 (9000 hp). Maximum quantity of the fuel she can take is 16 tones, consequently she can sail for 1,200 nautical miles at a speed of 14 knots.
She is armed with one twin mount for the Oerlikon 30-calibre GCM-B01 guns. The angle of this gun barrel is 85°, the weight of the projectile is 1 kg, the range is of 10 000 m and the rate of fire is 650 RPM. She is also equipped with two single M2 Browning and two launchers of anti-ship missiles MM38 Exocet.
Service in Brunei
KDB Pejuang was commanded by Capt. Pengiran Mohamad bin Pengiran Haji Damit.[2] His Royal Highness Prince General Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah KDB Pejuang and went aboard to see a presentation and tour around the operations room by the Fleet Commander in 2008.[3] A major repair work was done before her decommissioning and sent to Indonesian service on 15 April 2011.[4]
Service in Indonesia
This ship is now (2018) in active service. At the beginning, she was classified as Satuan Kapal Cepat (fast unit), with hull number 642, but then she was reidentified and the number changed into 841.[5] Because this craft was adjusted to be using as a patrol boat, it mainly observes border areas. In April 2016, together with KRI Slamet Riyadi (P-352), were deployed to the border after a report of a hijacking of two Indonesian ships.[6]
In 2017, the commander of KRI Badau was handed over to Sea Major (P) Pulung Nugroho.
References
- www.marinetraffic.com https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:5452883/mmsi:525114017/imo:0/vessel:KRI_BADAU. Retrieved 2020-07-13. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - "DEPUTY COMMANDER". www.rbn.mindef.gov.bn. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- "Sultanate - News | Negara Brunei Darussalam | HRH Prince General in working visit to RBN". sultanate.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- Deano 31/03/2015 (2013-07-21). "KRI Badau 841: Kapal Perang Tercanggih Armada Satrol TNI AL". Indomiliter.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- https://www.indomiliter.com/kri-badau-841-kapal-perang-tercanggih-armada-satrol-tni-al/
- Eko Prasetyo. "2 Indonesian Boats Hijacked, Military Vessels to Patrol Philippines Border". Retrieved 2018-11-15.