Sri Indera Sakti-class support ship
 KD Sri Indera Sakti (1503)
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| Name | Sri Indera Sakti-class |
| Builder | Bremer Vulcan German |
| Completed | 2 |
| In service | 2 |
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| Type | Support ship |
| Displacement | 4,300 long tons (4,369 t) full load |
| Length | 100 m (328 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 15 m (49 ft 3 in) |
| Draught | 4.75 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 2 CPP by Schaffran Propeller + Service GmbH VK72/4 5,986 bhp (4,464 kW) |
| Speed | 16.8 knots (19.3 mph; 31.1 km/h) |
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| Complement | 136 + 75 passengers |
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| Aviation facilities | Aft helicopter platform |
Sri Indera Sakti-class is a class of support vessels of the various roles of the Royal Malaysian Navy. This class contains two ships which is KD Sri Indera Sakti (1503) and KD Mahawangsa (1504).
Development
Sri Indera Sakti was built by Bremer Vulcan Shipyard located in Germany. KD Sri Indera Sakti was completed and handed over to the RMN on 24 October 1980 while KD Mahawangsa completed and handed over to RMN on16 May 1983.
The name of the ship was taken from an island in the Perak River and Kinta River, which is close to the Anson Bay Town (now Teluk Intan). The island was originally known as Cempaka Sari Island. After Sultan Iskandar Zulkarnain was proclaimed the 15th Sultan of Perak, he had moved and settled on the island and named it Indera Sakti which means Panca Indera Sakti.The island is the trading center of merchants and stopovers from all over the world. Main trading merchandise is iron and ore.
Characteristics
The ship was designed as a platform of support and it was able to stay in the operational area for a long period of 2 months. To enable this ship to carry out its role as a support ship, it is able to support up to 6 small-sized patrol boats such as MCMV,FSC and PC.There are also various stores, containers, residences and workshops that enable this vessel to provide assistance as soon as possible to the other vessels.[1][2]