KRI Diponegoro (365)

	KRI Diponegoro
History
Indonesia
Name	Diponegoro
Namesake	Diponegoro
Builder	Damen Group, Vlissingen
Laid down	24 March 2005
Launched	16 September 2006
Commissioned	5 July 2007
Identification	IMO number: 9334052; MMSI number: 525014039; Callsign: PLHA; ; Pennant number: 365;
Status	Active
General characteristics (Corvette 9113)
Type	Diponegoro-class corvette
Displacement	1,692 tons
Length	90.71 m (297 ft 7 in)
Beam	13.02 m (42 ft 9 in)
Draft	3.60 m (11 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 × SEMT Pielstick 20PA6B STC rated at 8910 kW each driving a lightweight Geislinger coupling combination BE 72/20/125N + BF 110/50/2H (steel – composite coupling combination); 4 × Caterpillar 3406C TA generator rated at 350 kW each; 1 × Caterpillar 3304B emergency generator rated at 105 kW; 2 × shaft with Rolls-Royce Kamewa 5 bladed CP propeller; 2 × Renk ASL94 single step reduction gear with passive roll stabilization;
Speed	Maximum: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph); Cruising: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph); Economy: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph);
Range	Cruising speed at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph): 3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi); Economy speed at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph): 4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi);
Complement	20-80 crew
Sensors and ; processing systems	Combat System: Thales Group TACTICOS with 4 x Multifunction Operator Console Mk 3 2H; Search radar: MW08 3D multibeam surveillance radar; IFF: Thales TSB 2525 Mk XA (integrated with MW08); Navigation radar: Sperry Marine BridgeMasterE ARPA radar; Fire control radar: LIROD Mk 2 tracking radar; Data Link: LINK Y Mk 2 datalink system; Sonar: Thales UMS 4132 Kingklip medium frequency active/passive ASW hull mounted sonar; Internal Communications: Thales Communication's Fibre Optical COmmunications Network (FOCON) or EID's ICCS where on-board users have access to internal and/or external communication channels and integrated remote control of communications equipment; Satellite Comms: Nera F series; Navigation System: Raytheon Anschutz integrated navigation; Integrated Platform Management System: Imtech UniMACs 3000 Integrated Bridge System;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	ESM: Thales DR3000; ECM: Racal Scorpion 2L; Decoy: TERMA SKWS, DLT-12T 130mm decoy launchers, port, starboard;
Armament	Guns:; 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm gun (A position); 2 × 20 mm Denel GI-2 gun (B position); Missiles:; 2 × quad (8) Mistral TETRAL Anti-air missile, forward & aft; 4 × Exocet MM40 Block III anti-surface vessel missile; Torpedoes:; 2 × triple launchers for 3A 244S Mode II/EuroTorp MU 90 torpedoes;
Aviation facilities	Helipad

KRI Diponegoro (365) is a Diponegoro-class corvette of the Indonesian Navy.

Development

The Diponegoro-class guided-missile corvettes of the Indonesian Navy are SIGMA 9113 types of the Netherlands-designed Sigma family of modular naval vessels, named after Indonesian Prince Diponegoro. Currently there are 4 Diponegoro-class corvette in service.

Construction and career

Diponegoro was laid down on 24 March 2005 and launched on 16 September 2006 by Damen Group, Vlissingen. She was commissioned on 5 July 2007 by Admiral Slamet Soebijanto, Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff.^[4]

On 21 April 2021, immediately after the disappearance of KRI Nanggala (402), the navy deployed KRI Diponegoro, KRI Raden Eddy Martadinata, and KRI I Gusti Ngurah Rai to search for the missing submarine.^[5]

Since its first participation in 2009, Diponegoro has taken part in the Maritime Task Force of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon several times.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Gallery

KRI Diponegoro on a recruiting poster.
KRI Diponegoro in Málaga in 2008.
KRI Diponegoro, KRI Bung Tomo and KRI John Lie in Kota Bharu on 12 December 2014.
Naval jack of KRI Diponegoro on 6 October 2018.