KD Sri Indera Sakti
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| History |
 |
| Name: |
KD SRI INDERA SAKTI |
| Commissioned: |
1983 |
| Status: |
in active service |
| General characteristics |
| Type: |
Support ship |
| Displacement: |
4,300 long tons (4,369 t) full load |
| Length: |
100 m (328 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: |
15 m (49 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: |
4.75 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 diesels, 2 shafts, 2 CPP by Schaffran Propeller + Service GmbH VK72/4 5,986 bhp (4,464 kW) |
| Speed: |
16.8 knots (19.3 mph; 31.1 km/h) |
| Capacity: |
- 600 troops
- 1,000 m³ cargo space
- 10 × 20-foot containers
- 680 m² vehicle space
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| Complement: |
136 + 75 passengers |
| Armament: |
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| Aviation facilities: |
Aft helicopter platform |
Commanding Officer Captain Kamaruddin Omar RMN
KD Sri Indera Sakti is 4,300-ton, 100-meter multi-role support ship of the Royal Malaysian Navy based in the Lumut Naval Base in Perak, Malaysia.
Service history
The ship was sent to Somalian waters to take over the role of the similar KD Mahawangsa to fight piracy in the Gulf of Aden in December 2008. In the same month, it successfully came to the aid of Chinese crane ship MV Zhenhua 4.[1]
In 2009, the KD Sri Indera Sakti dispatched two helicopters that successfully repelled two Somali pirate skiffs attempting to capture the Indian tanker MT Abul Kalam Azad.
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