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A fire destroyed the Indonesian Navy's KRI Klewang-625 at the naval port in Banyuwangi, East Java on Friday just weeks after its official launch ceremony. The Fast Missile Patrol Vessel (FMPV) was officialy launched on Friday 31st August, 2012 at PT Lundin’s shipyard facility in Banyuwangi, East Java.

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No casualties have been reported but the brand new vessel worth $12 million USD appears to be lost. The incident reportedly happened during maintenance. Indonesian Navy already announced that they would deploy a team to investigate the exact cause of the fire which lead to the loss of the trimaran vessel.

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Launched on Friday 31st August, 2012 at PT Lundin’s shipyard facility in Banyuwangi, East Java, the Fast Missile Patrol Vessel (FMPV) employs a modern “Wave Piercing” trimaran design. This allows the vessel to cut-through waves rather than rise up and over them, and the increased beam provides inherent stability. This combination of features reduces both pitching and rolling, creating a stable weapons platform, and enabling the vessel to comfortably and safely maintain higher average speeds in adverse conditions.



The FMPV has “Stealth” design characteristics, and incorporate features that minimise detection by reducing Radar, Infra-Red, Acoustic and Magnetic signatures. Stealth properties are further improved as there are no reverse-angle bow overhangs to reflect radar signals, as seen on conventional hull forms. Weaponry, including missiles and naval guns, and the ships 11 m high-speed RHIB, are discreetly concealed or shaped to meld into the superstructure profile.

PT Lundin will issue an official statement relating to the incident on Monday.

Fire destroys brand new North Sea Boats 63m Stealth Fast Missile Patrol Vessel
 
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Thats a huge setback! Wonder if there was any sabotage involved :undecided:
 
Was it an Indigenous Design?

Looks out of the Technological Capability of Indonesia.
 
Clearly the fiberglass reinforced hulk of this poor baby (before the mishap) looks flammable.


KRI_klewang.jpg
 
Didn´t it have any auto fire extinction systems? Hard to imagine that so such a modern warship does not have it.
 
only 12million $ :what: you got to be kidding ,this must cost beyond 80-100million.....
 
only 12million $ :what: you got to be kidding ,this must cost beyond 80-100million.....

80 million$ - auto fire extinction system, there you have 12 million $

On a serious note,
I liked the design tho..Very futuristic..An unfortunate loss for Indonesia
 
Ship was fully insured, ship maker Lundin (from Sweden i believe) has already put out a statement they will build another one, because the ship wasnt actually transferred to the Navy yet.
And the fire extinguishing system wasnt installed, they were supposedly working on it.

JPNN.COM : Lundin Siap Mengganti Kapal Baru

^^ in Indonesian, use Google translate, got link from another forum.
 
They used carbon fiber for the ship probably that's the reason why it burned so fastly
 

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