KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda entering Sydney Harbour on 4 October 2013.
History
Indonesia
Name	Sultan Iskandar Muda
Namesake	Iskandar Muda
Builder	Damen Group, Vlissingen
Laid down	8 May 2006
Launched	24 November 2007
Commissioned	18 October 2008
Identification	IMO number:  9397963 MMSI number: 525014044 Callsign: PLEQ Pennant number: 367
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 [1] 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 [2] 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 [3]
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 Sultan Iskandar Muda (367) 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

Sultan Iskandar Muda was laid down on 8 May 2006 and launched on 24 November 2007 by Damen Group, Vlissingen. She was commissioned on 18 October 2008.

The ship, along with Sultan Hasanuddin, Fatahillah, Malahayati, Sultan Nuku, Raden Eddy Martadinata, I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Abdul Halim Perdanakusuma, Karel Satsuitubun, dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo, Surabaya, Teluk Banten, Tarakan and Bima Suci were deployed in waters off Nusa Dua, Bali to patrol the area during 2022 G20 Bali summit on 15–16 November 2022. ^[4]

Gallery

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  KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda and Passau during UNIFIL patrol in November 2011.
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  KRI Iskandar Muda, KRI Banda Aceh, and USCGC Waesche in Java Sea on 6 Jun 2012.
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  KRI Iskandar Muda in Sydney Harbour on 5 October 2013.
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  KRI Iskandar Muda in Sydney Harbour on 5 October 2013.
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  KRI Iskandar Muda in Sydney Harbour on 5 October 2013.
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  KRI Iskandar Muda in Sydney Harbour on 5 October 2013.
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  KRI Iskandar Muda in Sydney Harbour on 5 October 2013.
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  KRI Iskandar Muda in Sydney Harbour on 5 October 2013.

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