Ahmad Yani-class frigate

{{Short description|Class of Indonesian warships}}

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| Ship image = Indonesia Frigate KRI Karel Satsuit Tubun.jpg

| Ship caption = KRI Karel Satsuitubun

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{{Infobox ship class overview

| Name = Ahmad Yani class

| Builders = *Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij

| Operators = {{naval|Indonesia}}

| Class before = {{sclass|Martha Khristina Tiyahahu|frigate|4}}

| Class after = {{sclass|Martadinata|frigate|4}}

| Subclasses = {{sclass|Van Speijk|frigate|4}}

| Cost =

| Built range = 1963–1968

| In service range = 1986–present (Indonesian Navy)

| In commission range =

| Total ships building =

| Total ships planned =

| Total ships completed = 6

| Total ships cancelled =

| Total ships active = 5

| Total ships laid up =

| Total ships lost =

| Total ships retired = 1

| Total ships preserved =

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| Ship type = Frigate

| Ship displacement = 2,200 tons standard, 2,850 tons full load

| Ship length = {{convert|113.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{convert|12.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship height =

| Ship draught = {{convert|5.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship power =

| Ship propulsion = *As built

  • 2 x geared steam turbines
  • {{convert|22,370|kW|shp|lk=on|abbr=on}}
  • 2 x shafts
  • Rebuild
  • Caterpillar diesels (5 ships)
  • SEMT-Pielstick diesels (1 ship)

| Ship speed = *{{convert|28.5|kn|lk=in}}

  • With new diesels - estimated max. {{convert|24|kn|abbr=on}}

| Ship range = {{convert|4500|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|12|kn|abbr=on}}

| Ship endurance =

| Ship complement = 180

| Ship sensors = *Radar: LW-03, DA-02, M45, M44{{cn|date=October 2020}}

  • Sonar: Types 170B, 162
  • Combat system: SEWACO V

| Ship EW =

| Ship armament = *1× OTO Melara 76 mm gun

  • 2× twin Simbad{{cite web|url=https://www.indomiliter.com/van-speijk-class-benteng-laut-nusantara-tiga-dasawarsa-flagship-armada-eskorta-tni-al/|title=Van Speijk Class: "Benteng Laut Nusantara" – Tiga Dasawarsa Flagship Armada Eskorta TNI AL|website=indomiliter.com|date=29 September 2014|accessdate=18 April 2021|lang=id}}
  • Launcher for Mistral SAMs
  • (Originally equipped with Seacat)
  • SS-N-26 SSM (KRI Oswald Siahaan)
  • C-802 SSM (on five ships)
  • (Originally equipped with Harpoon Block 1D)
  • 2 × 3 – Mk 32 anti-submarine torpedo tubes

| Ship armour =

| Ship armor =

| Ship aircraft = 1x NBO-105C

| Ship aircraft facilities = Hangar

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The Ahmad Yani class of six general-purpose frigates were acquired by the Indonesian Navy in the 1980s. They were originally built in the Netherlands for the Royal Netherlands Navy as the {{sclass|Van Speijk|frigate|4}} which were licence-built versions of the British {{sclass|Leander|frigate|4}}.

Operational history

In 1992, KRI Ki Hajar Dewantara, along with KRI Yos Sudarso and KRI Teluk Banten intercepted the Portuguese ship Lusitania Expresso in East Timor. Col. Widodo, deputy assistant of the Indonesian Navy´s Eastern Fleet, told Radio Republik Indonesia from aboard the Indonesian warship KRI Yos Sudarso that the ferry entered Indonesian waters at 5:28 a.m. local time on March 11, 1992. At 6:07, the Lusitania Expresso had traveled {{convert|2|to|3|nmi|lk=in|spell=in}} into Indonesian territory and Captain Luis Dos Santos (Lusitania Expresso{{'}}s captain) was ordered to leave immediately. Col. Widodo said the Portuguese ship captain obeyed the order and turned his ship around and headed back to sea.{{cite web |url=https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/1992/03/12/portuguese-ship-lusitania-expresso-fails-to-reach-east-timor&post_id=40898# |title=Portuguese Ship 'Lusitania Expresso' Fails to Reach East Timor |website=ucanews.com |date=11 March 1992 |access-date=7 February 2021}}

Ships

class="wikitable"
Name

! Pennant number

! Namesake

! Previously

! Acquired

! Commissioned

! Status

KRI Ahmad Yani

| 351

| Ahmad Yani, an army general killed in the 30 September Movement

| {{ship|HNLMS|Tjerk Hiddes|F804|2}}

| 1986

| 1986

| Active

KRI Slamet Riyadi

| 352

| Slamet Riyadi, an army lieutenant colonel killed in Fort Victoria, Maluku

| {{ship|HNLMS|Van Speijk|F802|2}}

| 1986

| 1986

| Sunk as target

KRI Yos Sudarso

| 353

| Yos Sudarso a navy commodore killed in the Battle of Arafura Sea

| {{ship|HNLMS|Van Galen|F803|2}}

| 1987

| 1987

| Active

KRI Oswald Siahaan

| 354

| Oswald Siahaan, a lieutenant killed in at Sibolga Bay in 1948{{cite web |url=http://www.kedaipena.com/letnan-oswald-siahaan-gugur/ |title=Letnan Oswald Siahaan Gugur |last=Mendrofa |first=Damai |date=17 August 2017 |website=www.kedaipena.com |publisher=Kedai Berita Nusantara |language=ms |access-date=18 August 2019 }}

| {{ship|HNLMS|Van Nes|F805|2}}

| 1986

| 1988

| Active

KRI Abdul Halim Perdanakusuma

| 355

| Halim Perdanakusuma an air vice-marshal killed in 1947

| {{ship|HNLMS|Evertsen|F815|2}}

| 1989

| 1989

| Active

KRI Karel Satsuitubun

| 356

| Karel Satsuit Tubun, a police officer killed in the 30 September Movement

| {{ship|HNLMS|Isaac Sweers|F814|2}}

| 1990

| 1990

| Active{{cite web |url=http://www.helis.com/database/sys/208/ |title=Ahmad Yani class |author= |website=www.helis.com |publisher=Helicopter History Site |access-date=8 April 2017}}

Modernisation

All six frigates have had their steam turbine power plants replaced with marine diesel engines.{{cite book |last=Waters |first=Conrad |date=2015 |title=Seaforth World Naval Review 2016 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1RUDDAAAQBAJ&q=Ahmad+Yani-class+frigate+engines&pg=PA44 |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |page=44 |isbn=978-1848323094 }}

The frigates of the Ahmad Yani class are due to be replaced by the {{sclass|Martadinata|frigate|1}}s (SIGMA PKR 10514); the first of which, Raden Eddy Martadinata (331), was commissioned on 7 April 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.janes.com/article/69422/indonesia-commissions-first-martadinata-class-guided-missile-frigate |title=Indonesia commissions first Martadinata-class guided-missile frigate |last=Rahmat |first=Ridzwan |website=www.janes.com |publisher=IHS Jane's 360 |access-date=10 April 2017 }}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Leander class frigate|Other operators}}

{{Indonesian Navy active ship classes}}

Category:Frigates of the Indonesian Navy

Category:Frigate classes