KD Sri Indera Sakti
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Name: | KD Indera Sakti |
Commissioned: | 1983 |
Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
General characteristics | |
Type: | 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, 5,986 bhp (4,464 kW) |
Speed: | 16.8 knots (19.3 mph; 31.1 km/h) |
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Complement: | 136 + 75 passengers |
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Aviation facilities: | Aft helicopter platform |
Commanding Officer Cdr Muhammad Rodhi Ariffin RMN is a PASKAL Officer. KD Sri Indera Sakti is 4,300-ton, 100-meter multi-role support ship of the Royal Malaysian Navy based in the Lumut Naval Base in Perak, Malaysia.
Service history
The ship was sent to Somalian 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 came to the aid of Chinese crane ship MV Zhenhua 4.[1]
In 2009, the KD Sri Indera Sakti dispatched two helicopters that successfully repelled two Somali pirate skiffs attempting to capture the Indian tanker MT Abul Kalam Azad.
References
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