KRI Nala (363)

Career (Indonesia)
Name: KRI Nala (363)
Builder: Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam, Netherlands
Launched: 11 January 1979
Commissioned: July 1980
Status: in active service, as of 2015
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:1 x Bofors 120 mm (4.7 in) Gun
1 x Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in) AA Gun
4 x Exocet MM 38 SSM (the missile might be remove due to obsolete)
1 x Limbo anti-submarine mortars
Mark 46 Torpedoes
Aviation facilities:Flightdeck folds into hangar structure for 1 x light helicopter

KRI Nala is an Indonesian Navy ship named after Nala, king of Nisahadha kingdom. The ship is a missile-equipped destroyer type, the third ship of Fatahillah class.[1]

Notable deployments

The Nala was deployed to help look for the missing Adam Air Flight 574.[2][3]

References

  1. "Terma's SCANTER 4100 Radar To Modernize Indonesian Navy Warship". September 12, 2013.
  2. Technical help awaited as plane search continues - The Jakarta Post
  3. Fuel spill clue to missing jet - NWC News - Obtained January 15, 2007.