| Career (Indonesia) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | KRI Fatahillah (361) |
| Builder: | Netherlands |
| Laid down: | 31 January 1977 |
| Launched: | 22 December 1977 |
| Commissioned: | 16 July 1979 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Fatahillah-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 1450 tons |
| Length: | 84 m (276 ft) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,300 km (1,780 nmi) |
| Complement: | 89 |
| Armament: | 4 x Exocet SSM 1 x Bofors 120 mm (4.7 in) Gun Man-Portable SAM 1 x Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in) AA Gun 1 x Limbo anti-submarine mortars Mark 46 Torpedoes |
KRI Fatahillah is an Indonesian Navy ship[1] named after Fatahillah, a national war heroic figure who successfully captured back Sunda Kelapa from the hands of the Portuguese and consequently changed its name to Jayakarta. The ship is a missile-equipped destroyer type, the first ship of Fatahillah class.
The ship is part of a team several Indonesian and one US Navy vessels searching for the missing Adam Air flight 574. It has located several unidentified metal objects which may be part of the missing plane.[1]
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