New MCMVs for Indonesian Navy to be equipped with MAN 12V175D-MM engines

German company MAN Energy Solutions announced on 10 February that it has secured a contract from shipbuilder Abeking & Rasmussen to equip the two mine-countermeasures vessels (MCMVs) ordered for the Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) in late January 2019 with MAN 12V175D-MM engines.

The company said in a statement that it will provide each of the 62 m-long vessels with two such engines to deliver 2,220 kW at 1,900 rpm; an MAN Alpha controllable-pitch, twin screw-propeller system, including Alphatronic 3000 propulsion-control system for efficient and flexible manoeuvring; and an AKA hybrid power take-in system for silent operation while mine hunting (slow speed with pure electric propulsion).

A steel-cutting ceremony for the TNI-AL’s MCMV programme was held on 26 November 2020 at the shipbuilder’s facilities in Lemwerder, Germany. The vessels will be an evolution of the German Navy’s Frankenthal class and replace the TNI-AL’s fleet of two ageing Pulau Rengat-class MCMVs, both of which were commissioned in March 1988.

As Janes reported, Abeking & Rasmussen has not disclosed many details about the other systems that will go onboard the vessels but a company representative who spoke to Janes at the Indo Defence 2018 exhibition in Jakarta said the MCMVs for Indonesia would feature a non-magnetisable hull, a “state-of-the-air mine-hunting sonar”, and would be capable of launching and retrieving remotely operated vehicles.