Pulau Rau-class minesweeper

The Pulau Rau-class minesweepers were a class of ten motor minesweepers of the Indonesian Navy, in service during the Cold War.

A Pulau Rau-class minesweeper of the Indonesian Navy
Class overview
Name	Pulau Rau class
Builders	Abeking & Rasmussen
Operators	Indonesian Navy
Built	1954-1957
In service	1954-1985
Completed	10
Active	0
Lost	0
Retired	10
General characteristics
Type	Motor minesweeper
Displacement	160 tons (max)
Length	41.1 m (134 ft 10 in)
Beam	5.80 m (19 ft 0 in)
Draught	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	2x MAN diesel engines; 1,836 hp
Speed	20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	1,100 NM (2,000 km)
Complement	up to 38
Armament	1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 cannon 2 × 2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 cannon 7.92 mm machine guns, mines and depth charges

Design and construction

In 1954, the Indonesian Navy ordered 10 Pulau Rau-class minesweepers from Abeking & Rasmussen in West Germany.^[1] The Pulau Rau-class were modified R boats (i.e. motor minesweepers of a German World War II design) armed with one Bofors 40mm L/60 Mk 3 gun, two Oerlikon 20mm/70 Mk 10 guns and also mechanical minesweeping gear.^[2] They were built between 1954 and 1957 and remained in service for the next thirty years.

Ships in class

Pulau Rau (501)
Pulau Roma (502)
Pulau Rass (503)
Pulau Roti (504)
Pulau Rupat (505)
Pulau Rangsang (506)
Pulau Rindja (507)
Pulau Rempang (508)
Pulau Rengat (509)
Pulau Rusa (510)