The Teluk Bintuni class, Indonesian designation AT-117M is a class of tank landing ships that is being built indigenously for the Indonesian Navy by various Indonesian local shipyards. It was announced that the Indonesian Navy intends to acquire a total of twelve vessels of the same class with some modifications from the lead ship to improve ship's capability.[1]
Teluk Bintuni has a length of 120m (390feet), a beam measuring 18m (59feet), and a height of 7.8m (25.6feet) with a draft of 3m (10feet). She has a capacity of 476 passengers, including crew, alongside 10 Leopard 2 main battle tanks and a helicopter. The ship was designed to be able to stay at sea for 20 days.[2]
With a crew of 119, consisting of 113 sailors and 6 helicopter crew, she has a displacement of 2,300 tonnes and has a maximum speed of 16knot. The ship is armed with light defensive weapons in form of a Bofors 40 mm gun and two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns.[3]
The vessel could also carry four LCVP boats, and is equipped with a crane for cargo loading and offloading.[4]
| Name | Hull no. | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120M variant with hangar | ||||||
| 520 | PT Daya Radar Utama | 18 June 2013 | 27 September 2014 | 17 June 2015 | Active | |
| 117M variant without hangar | ||||||
| 518 | PT Dok & Perkapalan Kodja Bahari (Persero) | 31 July 2012 | 26 September 2014 | 7 December 2020 | Active | |
| 519 | 31 July 2012 | 17 January 2017 | 7 December 2020 | Active | ||
| 521 | PT Daya Radar Utama | 20 April 2016 | 28 June 2018 | 26 February 2019 | Active | |
| 526 | PT Bandar Abadi Shipyard | 19 December 2019 | 27 February 2021 | 26 October 2021 | Active | |
| 527 | 19 December 2019 | 27 February 2021 | 26 October 2021 | Active | ||
| 117M variant with hangar | ||||||
| 522 | PT Daya Radar Utama | 10 July 2017 | 15 May 2019 | 12 July 2021 | Active | |
| 523 | 10 July 2017 | 1 June 2019 | 9 March 2022 | Active | ||
| 524 | 10 July 2017 | 19 August 2019 | 8 August 2022 | Active | ||
In January 2018, during a naval landing exercise at the Berhala Strait, Teluk Bintuni received a signal from a tugboat which was being hijacked by pirates. The vessel launched an LCVP and apprehended the hijackers.[5] She later brought supplies to areas affected by the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami.[6]
In August 2019, Teluk Lada was dispatched to rescue hostages aboard MV Mina Sejati, a 36-crew squid fishing vessel which was hijacked by several members of her own crew off Tual, Maluku.[7] [8] Mina Sejati was later discovered empty by Teluk Lada, with eleven survivors testifying that three of the crew had massacred the others.[9]