Viper class is a Type PC-40 fiberglass patrol craft of the Indonesian Navy. It was commissioned from 20 October 2006 by Indonesian National Armed Forces Commander Marshal Djoko Suyanto.[1]
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| History | |
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 Indonesia | |
| Name | Viper class |
| Namesake | Viperidae |
| Completed | 6 |
| Decommissioned | 2 |
| In service | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Type PC-40 patrol craft |
| Tonnage | 100 tons |
| Length | 40 m (131 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) |
| Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
| Endurance | 4 days |
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There are a total of six craft in this class, Viper, Piton, Weling, Matacora, Tedung Selar, Boiga.As 2018 four craft remained in service while two craft were decommissioned.[citation needed]
Armaments edit
The vessel is equipped with Russian-made 25 mm and 12.7 mm calibre machine guns. It also has a combat information room, a communication room and an ammunition store room.
Notable deployments edit
KAL Viper helped recover some of the bodies from the ferry MV Levina 1.[2]
References edit
- ^ http://www.acheh-eye.org/a-eye_news_files/a-eye_news_english/news_item.asp?NewsID=4463[permanent dead link] Navy's Small Patrol Boats Effective Tools in Fighting Piracy: TNI Chief. [dead link]
- ^ 1 dead, 3 missing as gutted Indonesian ferry wreck sinks - Death toll from fire now 42 - Inquirer.net - Obtained March 27, 2007. Archived February 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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