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
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| 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 |
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Design and construction
editIn 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
editPulau 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)
Notes
edit- ^ "Australia Station Intelligence Summary, 20 August 1954" Archived 3 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Navy.gov.au. Retrieved: 20 November 2020.
- ^ Jalesveva Jayamahe, 1960. page 103
Bibliography
edit- Blackman, Raymond V. B. (1960). Jane's Fighting Ships 1960–61. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen, eds. (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, US: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.