Tanjung Datu-class patrol vessel

Tanjung Datu-class patrol vessel is a class of patrol boat operated by Bakamla (Indonesian Maritime Security Agency).

KN Tanjung Datu (1101), photographed 23 March 2018
Class overview
Builders	Palindo Marine
Cost	Rp208 billion (2015) or US$17 million (2021)
Built	2016–2018
In service	2018–present
In commission	2018
Completed	1
General characteristics
Class & type	Patrol boat/OPV
Displacement	2400 tons
Length	110 m (360 ft) overall
Beam	15.5 m (50 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 × 5300 hp engine; 4 × 250 kW diesel generator
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h) maximum, 15 knots (28 km/h) cruise speed
Range	4,630 km (2,500 nmi) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Endurance	14 days
Boats & landing craft carried	3 × RHIB
Capacity	56 additional person
Crew	76 person
Armament	Aselsan SMASH turret (Mk44 Bushmaster II 30 mm autocannon)[1] Pindad SM5 12.7 mm HMG Water cannon
Aviation facilities	1 × helipad and hangar
Notes	References[2][3]

History

Tanjung Datu-class ship was built by PT Palindo Marine beginning on 15 March 2016. The construction took 636 days to complete. It is officially in service in Monday, 18 January 2018.^[4]

On 13 December 2020, KN Tanjung Datu saved a Chinese fishing ship adrift in the North Natuna sea. The ship, Lu Rong Yuan Yu 168, had a broken rudder. Tanjung Datu crew made a repair and the ship was escorted out of Indonesia's EEZ.^[5]

Following the dispute in the South China Sea, KN Tanjung Datu have dispelled approximately 31 to a maximum of 64 fishing boats (in single occasion) escorted by 3 Chinese Coast Guard vessels in the North Natuna Sea.^[6]

See also

• Haixun-class cutter