Summary
The Diponegoro class of guided-missile corvettes of the Indonesian Navy are SIGMA 9113 types of the Netherlands-designed Sigma family of modular naval vessels, named after Indonesian Prince Diponegoro. Currently there are four Diponegoro-class corvette in service.
 KRI Diponegoro, lead ship of the class
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Diponegoro class |
| Builders | Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding |
| Operators |  Indonesian Navy |
| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | Bung Tomo class |
| Built | 2005–2008 |
| In commission | 2007–present |
| Planned | 8[1] |
| Completed | 4 |
| Active | 4 |
| General characteristics (Corvette 9113) | |
| Type | Multi-purpose corvette / frigate |
| Displacement | 1,692 tons |
| Length | 90.71 m (297 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 13.02 m (42 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 3.60 m (11 ft 10 in) |
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| Complement | 20, up to 80 |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Aviation facilities | Landing pad, optional hangar |
History edit
The Indonesian variant is based on the Sigma 9113 design.[5] Work on the first of the class, KRI Diponegoro, began with the first steel cutting conducted in October 2004. The ship was christened on 16 September 2006 and commissioned on 2 July 2007 by Admiral Slamet Soebijanto, Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff.[6]
Options for two other units were exercised in January 2006 with the first steel cut commenced on 3 April 2006[7] in Damen's Schelde Naval Shipbuilding yard, Vlissingen-Oost yard and not in Surabaya stated earlier.
On 28 August 2007, Jane's Missiles and Rockets reported[8] that Indonesia was having problems securing the export license for the MM-40 Exocet block II and are considering Chinese made C-802 anti-ship missiles as alternatives. However, the ships have already been delivered with the Exocet missiles. In 2019 MM40 Exocet Block III were launched from KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda (367).[9]
Modernisation edit
In early November 2022, PT Len and Thales Nederland has signed a contract to undertake the refurbishment of the integrated mission systems for all four Diponegoro-class ships. These ships will soon be refurbished with an Integrated Missions System including the TACTICOS Baseline 2 Combat Management System, the Naval Smarter (NS) 50 radar, as well as the latest in software-driven radar technology able to combat the highest level of threats.[10][11]
Ships of class edit
Indonesian Navy / Sigma 9113 design
| Name | Pennant | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Notes |
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| KRI Diponegoro | 365 | 24 March 2005 | 16 September 2006 | 5 July 2007 | Diponegoro, a National Hero from Central Java |
| KRI Sultan Hasanuddin | 366 | 24 March 2005 | 16 September 2006 | 24 November 2007 | Sultan Hasanuddin, a National Hero from South Sulawesi |
| KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda | 367 | 8 May 2006 | 24 November 2007 | 18 October 2008 | Iskandar Muda, a National Hero from Aceh |
| KRI Frans Kaisiepo | 368 | 8 May 2006 | 28 June 2008 | 7 March 2009 | Frans Kaisiepo, a National Hero from Papua and the fourth Governor of Papua |
References edit
- ^ Martadiningrat, Yussuf Solichien (2021). Against All Odds (in Indonesian). Indonesia: Elex Media Komputindo.
- ^ "RENK AG Press Release, September 2006, Diesel Propulsion Drives: When perfection arises from tradition". Renk.de. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ^ "Thales to supply key systems for new corvettes Indonesian Navy worth 60m euro". Thales-nederland.nl. Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ^ "Imtech Naval Projects Reference List" (PDF). Marine.imtech.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ^ "Indonesian Specifications of the Sigma Class coverttes". Scheldeshipbuilding.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ^ "ANTARA News: Navy chief takes delivery of corvette made in Netherlands". Antara.co.id. Archived from the original on 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
- ^ "Two SIGMA 9113 corvettes more for Indonesia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2006.
- ^ "JMR: Indonesia evaluates C-802". Janes.com. Retrieved 2016-01-19.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kapal Perang TNI Luncurkan Peluru Kendali Exocet MM 40 Block-3". SINDOnews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ^ Staff, Naval News (2022-11-09). "Thales to Upgrade Indonesia's Diponegoro-class Corvette CMS". Naval News. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
- ^ Majumdar, Oishee (21 November 2022). "Thales, PT Len to upgrade Indonesian corvettes". Janes.com. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
