KRI Prabu Siliwangi

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History
Naval Ensign of Italy.svgItaly
NameRuggiero di Lauria
Namesake Roger of Lauria
Ordered2014
Builder Fincantieri, Muggiano
Cost€500 million per unit
Laid down7 April 2021
Launched10 October 2023
Identification Pennant number: P435
FateSold to Indonesia
Flag of Indonesia.svgIndonesia
NamePrabu Siliwangi
Namesake King Siliwangi
Ordered28 March 2024
Christened29 January 2025
Identification Pennant number: 321
StatusFitting out
General characteristics
Class and type Thaon di Revel-class offshore patrol vessel
Displacement
  • light displacement: 4,994  t (4,915 long tons)
  • full displacement: 6,270 t (6,170 long tons)
Length
  • 143 m (469 ft 2 in) LOA
  • 133 m (436 ft 4 in) LPP
Beam16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Draught10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Depth5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) only on TAG
  • 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) only on 2 main diesel engines
  • 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) only on 1 main diesel engine
  • 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) on electric-diesel engine
Range5,000  nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement173 beds (+ 30 on modular rear zone)
CrewPPA Full 120 crew; PPA Light+ + 90;PPA Light 90;( add 24 crew for two helos on board and other 89/59 beds for optional boarding team, marines team, maritime command staff, etc.)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Leonardo-Finmeccanica naval cockpit
  • Leonardo-Finmeccanica SADOC Mk4 CMS (Command Management System) with 28 MFC (20 on PPA Light version)
  • Leonardo-Finmeccanica SAAM-ESD, AAW system
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica LPI air and ground surveillance radar (SPS-732)
  • 2 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica navigation radar, X/Ka dual band radar
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica static IRST (InfraRed Search and Track)
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica next generation IFF sensors (Identification Friend & Foe) with circular antenna
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica Diver Detection Sonar
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica Fire Control System, ADT NG NA30S Mk2
  • 1 x dual-band SATCOM antenna
  • 1 x tri-band SATCOM antenna
  • 1 x SAT-TV antenna
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica AESA C-band radar
  • 1 x Leonardo-Finmeccanica ATAS (Active Towed Array Sonar), VDS sonar
  • RESM (Radar Electronic Support Counter-Measure)
  • RECM (Radar Electronic Counter-Measure)
  • CESM (Communication ESM)
  • 2 x Oto Melara ODLS-20 decoy launchers
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilities
  • - double hangar
  • - flight deck 25.5 m × 16.5 m (83 ft 8 in × 54 ft 2 in)

KRI Prabu Siliwangi (321) is a Thaon di Revel-class offshore patrol vessels to be operated by the Indonesian Navy. The vessel was originally constructed as Ruggiero di Lauria (P435), the sixth ship of the class built for the Italian Navy.

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Construction and career

The construction was started with the first steel cutting ceremony on 7 April 2021 at Fincantieri Muggiano. [1] Ruggiero di Lauria was launched on 10 October 2023. [2]

Ruggiero di Lauria is one of the two Thaon di Revel-class vessels sold to the Indonesian Navy in a 1.18 billion Euro contract, which was signed on 28 March 2024. [3] According to Janes , Indonesia has secured a 1.25 billion US dollar funding from several European financial institutions for the acquisition of the two vessels, with the funding facility signed in late 2024. [4]

The ship was renamed as KRI Prabu Siliwangi (321) on 29 January 2025 at a ceremony in Muggiano shipyard. [5]

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References

  1. "PPA6 First Steel Cutting Ceremony". OCCAR.int. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  2. Bahtić, Fatima (10 October 2023). "Fincantieri launches sixth PPA offshore patrol ship for Italian Navy". navaltoday.com. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  3. Peruzzi, Luca (5 April 2024). "New Details on Fincantieri's 'PPA frigates' programme for Indonesia". Naval News. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  4. Rahmat, Ridzwan (4 November 2024). "Indonesia secures facility to fund acquisition of Italian PPAs" . Janes.com. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  5. "Renaming Ceremony of two PPA Vessels for the Indonesian Navy". Naval News. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.