Waspada-class fast attack craft

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KRI Badau 841.jpg
Indonesian KRI Badau at Makassar in 2020
Class overview
Builders Vosper Thornycroft, Singapore
Operators
Preceded by
Succeeded by
In commission1978-present
Completed3
Active3 (1 Brunei, 2 Indonesia)
General characteristics
Type Fast attack craft
Displacement206 tons (full load)
Length121 ft (37 m)
Draft6 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion2 MTU 20V 538 TB91 diesels
Speed32 knots (59 km/h)
Range1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement4 officers, 20 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 (surface search)
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Decca RDL ESM
Armament2 x Oerlikon 30mm GCM-BO1

2 x Aérospatiale Exocet MM38

2 x M2 Browning

The Waspada class is a class of fast attack craft that was built for the Royal Brunei Navy by Vosper Thornycroft in the late 1970s. Three vessels were built, and as of 2009 all three remain in service.

In 2011 it was announced that Brunei would donate the KDB Waspada and the KDB Pejuang to Indonesia as patrol crafts and training vessels. [1]

Ships of class

Pennant numberNameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedStatus
P-02

642 / 842

KDB Waspada

KRI Salawaku

Vosper Thornycroft 19771978Active

(Indonesia)

P-03

643 / 841

KDB Pejuang

KRI Badau

Vosper Thornycroft 19781979Active (Indonesia)
P-04 KDB Seteria Vosper Thornycroft 19781979Active

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References

  1. "indonesia-get-brunei-patrol-ships"