Fatahillah-class corvette

The Fatahillah class is a class of corvette that in service in Indonesian Navy. The vessels of the class were built by Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam, Netherlands. There are three ships in the class and are still active.

KRI Fatahillah
Class overview
Name: Fatahillah class
Builders: Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam, Netherlands
Operators:  Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL)
Preceded by: Albatros class
Succeeded by: Diponegoro class
Built: 1977 - 1980
In commission: 1979 - present
Completed: 3
Active: 3
General characteristics
Type: Corvette
Displacement: 1,450 tons
Length: 84 m (275 ft 7 in)
Beam: 11.10 m (36 ft 5 in)
Draught: 3.30 m (10 ft 10 in)
Propulsion:
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 3,300 km (1,780 nmi)
Complement: 89
Sensors and
processing systems:		 Terma's Scanter 4100
Armament:
Aviation facilities: Flight deck

Notable deployments

KRI Fatahillah was part of a team of several Indonesian and one US Navy vessels searching for the missing Adam Air Flight 574. The vessel located several unidentified metal objects which may have been part of the missing plane.[1]

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

List of ships
Ships Pennant number Builder Launch Status
KRI Fatahillah 361 Wilton-Fijenoord, Schiedam, Netherlands 16 July 1979 In active service
KRI Malahayati 362 21 March 1980 In active service
KRI Nala 363 July 1980 In active service

See also

References
  1. More Adam Air plane wreckage discovered Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine - Daily Telegraph
  2. Technical help awaited as plane search continues Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine - The Jakarta Post
  3. Fuel spill clue to missing jet Archived 2008-06-10 at the Wayback Machine - NWC News - Obtained January 15, 2007.
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