Specifications Of KRI Nanggala-402, A German-made Submarine That Lost Contact In Bali Waters

KRI Nanggala-402 Submarine (Wikimedia Commons doc.)

JAKARTA - The submarine belonging to the Indonesian Navy (AL) has reportedly lost contact in Bali waters. It is known that the submarine that lost contact was KRI Nanggala-402.

The submarine reportedly disappeared about 60 miles or 95 kilometers north of Bali at around 03.00 WITA. The plan is that the KRI Nanggala-402 will take part in a torpedo firing exercise.

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Launching Reuters, the KRI Nanggala-402 is known to be a Cakra-class submarine which is under the control of the Submarine Unit of the Indonesian Eastern Fleet Command. The submarine was built by the Kiel, West Germany-based Howaldtswerke company in 1981.

KRI Nanggala-402 is a submarine type 209/1300 which is widely used by the Navy in many countries. The Indonesian Navy's flagship marine defense equipment weighs 1,395 tons with dimensions of 59.5 mx 6.3 mx 5.5 m.

KRI Nanggala-402 is powered by 4 electric diesel engines. This submarine has a cruising speed of 21.5 knots and can carry a crew of 34.

As part of the battering fleet, KRI Nanggala-402 was armed with 14 torpedoes 21 inches or 533 mm in eight tubes. In addition, the KRI Nanggala-402 is equipped with sonar of the CSU-3-2 suite type.

Previously, this submarine underwent maintenance at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering shipyard, South Korea in 2009-2012. Finally, the KRI Nanggala-402 is part of the Nusa-15 Shield Task Force to carry out Marine Combat Alert Operations including prevention and deterrence and prosecution of violations of national jurisdictional waters in eastern Indonesia.