KD Sri Indera Sakti

KD Sri Indera Sakti is 4,300-ton, 100-meter multi-role support ship of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) based in the Lumut Naval Base in Perak, Malaysia.

KD Sri Indera Sakti
History
Malaysia
Name: KD Sri Indera Sakti
Builder: Bremer Vulkan
Commissioned: 1980
Identification:
Status: In active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Sri Indera Sakti-class support ship
Displacement: 4,300 long tons (4,369 t) full load
Length: 100 m (328 ft 1 in)
Beam: 15 m (49 ft 3 in)
Draught: 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in)
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 2 CPP by Schaffran Propeller + Service GmbH VK72/4 5,986 bhp (4,464 kW)
Speed: 16.8 knots (19.3 mph; 31.1 km/h)
Capacity:
  • 600 troops
  • 1,000 m³ cargo space
  • 10 × 20-foot containers
  • 680 m² vehicle space
Complement: 136 + 75 passengers
Armament:
Aviation facilities: Helicopter landing platform

Major operation

The ship was sent to Somali waters to take over the role of the similar KD Mahawangsa to fight piracy in the Gulf of Aden in December 2008. In the same month, it successfully aided Chinese crane ship MV Zhenhua 4.[1]

In 2009, KD Sri Indera Sakti dispatched two helicopters that successfully repelled two Somali pirate skiffs attempting to capture the Indian tanker MT Abul Kalam Azad.[2]

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