KRI Teluk Lada (521)

KRI Teluk Lada (521) is a tank landing ship of the Indonesian Navy. She is the fourth ship in the Teluk Bintuni-class of tank landing ships.

History
Indonesia
Name: KRI Teluk Lada
Identification:
General characteristics
Class and type: Teluk Bintuni-class tank landing ship
Length: 117 m
Beam: 16.4 m
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h) (max)
Range: 6,240 nautical miles (11,560 km)

Characteristics

Teluk Lada has a length of 117 meters and a beam of 16.4 meters, with a top speed of 16 knots (30 km/h) and a cruising speed of 13 knots (24 km/h).[1][2] She has a capacity of 478 passengers, including her crew of 109 and a helicopter crew of 6, in addition to ten Leopard main battle tanks.[1][3] The Teluk lada also has two helipads with two hangars.[2]

Service history

The ship was built as the fourth ship in the Teluk Bintuni class of tank landing ships, and was the second ship to be built by PT Daya Radar Utama (DRU), after the class' namesake Teluk Bintuni.[1] She was launched on 28 June 2018 in DRU's shipyard in Lampung,[2] and was received and commissioned by the Indonesian Navy on 26 February 2019.[1] She was then assigned to the 3rd Fleet Command.[4]

In August 2019, Teluk Lada was dispatched to rescue hostages aboard the MV Mina Sejati, a 36-crew squid fishing vessel which was hijacked by several members of her own crew off Tual, Maluku.[5][6] The Mina Sejati was later discovered empty by Teluk Lada, with eleven survivors testifying that three of the crew had massacred the others.[7]

References
  1. Rahayu, Lisye (26 February 2019). "Menhan Hadiri Serah-Terima KRI Teluk Lada-521 di Lampung". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. "Indonesia launches new landing ship tank KRI Teluk Lada". Naval Today. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  3. Hadi, Syaiful (26 February 2019). "Alutsista TNI AL, Begini Spesifikasi KRI Teluk Lada 521". Tempo (in Indonesian). Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  4. "KRI TELUK LADA-521 PRODUKSI ANAK BANGSA PERTAMA MASUK KOARMADA III". tnial.mil.id (in Indonesian). Indonesian Navy. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  5. "TNI AL Berusaha Kuasai KM Mina yang Dibajak". Republika (in Indonesian). 20 August 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  6. "TNI AL Kirim KRI Teluk Lada Selamatkan Sandera KM Mina Sejati". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  7. "Duduk Perkara Pembantaian ABK KM Mina Sejati, 23 Orang Termasuk Pembantai Hilang Misterius". KOMPAS (in Indonesian). 23 August 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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