KRI Teluk Mentawai is a Hungarian Tisza-class coastal cargo ship (Project 1849), the design of which is based on the Soviet Keyla-class.[1] [2] It has a length of 78.8m (258.5feet), a beam of 10.8m (35.4feet), with a draft of 4.6m (15.1feet) and her displacement is 2400abbr=onNaNabbr=on at full load. The ship is powered by a MAN 5-cylinders diesel engine, with total power output of 1000hp-metric distributed in one shaft. The ship has a speed of 12kn, with range of 3000NM while cruising at 11kn.[3]
The ship is a cargo coaster ship with a dead weight of 1,828 tonnes[4] has the main task of being a logistics transport ship in its duties as a supporting element of military sea transportation. This ship has three spacious cargo holds and also equipped with six cranes for loading and unloading cargo.
Teluk Mentawai has a complement of 26 personnel, with cargo capacity of 875abbr=onNaNabbr=on of dry cargo and 11abbr=onNaNabbr=on of liquid cargo.[3] She also able to transport 250 fully-equipped troops.[5] The ship is armed with two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns in 2M-1 twin gun naval mounts, located on the port and starboard side of the ship.[6] In addition, it is equipped with individual weapons in the form of the Soviet-made AK-47.[7]
Teluk Mentawai was built in 1964 by Angyalföld Unit of Hungarian Shipyard & Crane Factory in Budapest, Hungary.[3] [8] The vessel was commissioned on 1 September 1964.[5]
She has been operated by (Kolinlamil / Military Sealift Command) since 1975.[5]
The last repair was carried out in 2005 at the PT. Dok Kodja Bahari (DKB), Tanjung Priok, Jakarta. In the repair, her original engine has been replaced with a new Caterpillar engine made in the United States.
On 12 January 2021, she was deployed to recover and transport debris of Sriwijaya Air Flight 182.[9] [10] On 15 February, after Flight 182 recovery operation, she went into dry docking at the PT. Daya Radar Utama Shipyard, Lampung for routine maintenance.[11]