KRI Viper
| History | |
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 Indonesia
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| Name: | KRI Viper (820) |
| Namesake: | Viperidae |
| Commissioned: | 20 October 2006[1] |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Type PC-40 patrol boat |
| 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 |
| Armament: |
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KRI Viper is a Type PC-40 patrol boat of the Indonesian Navy. It was commissioned on 20 October 2006 by Indonesian National Armed Forces Commander Marshal Djoko Suyanto.[2]
There are a total of 11 boats in the PC-40 class, KRI Viper, Piton, Weling, Matacora, Tedung Selar, Boiga, Krait, Tarihu, Alkura, Birang, and Mulga.[3]
Armaments
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
Viper helped recover some of the bodies from the ferry MV Levina 1.[4]
References
- 1 2 "Panglima TNI Resmikan Empat Kapal Perang Baru TNI AL ("TNI Commander Inaugurates Four New Navy Warships")". defense-studies.blogspot.co.uk (in Indonesian). 19 October 2006. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ↑ http://www.acheh-eye.org/a-eye_news_files/a-eye_news_english/news_item.asp?NewsID=4463 Navy's Small Patrol Boats Effective Tools in Fighting Piracy: TNI Chief.
- ↑ "Combat Fleets Of The World: Future of the Indonesian Navy". combatfleetoftheworld.blogspot.co.uk. 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- ↑ 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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