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Gempita 2009

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Handalan	3511		Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona, Sweden	24.5.1977	11.11.1978	26.10.1979	in service (2019)
Perkasa	3512		Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona, Sweden	27.6.1977	11.11.1978	26.10.1979	in service (2019)
Pendekar	3513		Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona, Sweden	15.7.1977	11.11.1978	26.10.1979	in service (2019)
Gempita	3514		Karlskronavarvet, Karlskrona, Sweden	21.10.1977	11.11.1978	26.10.1979	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	240
Displacement full, t	270
Length, m	41.0 pp 43.6 oa
Breadth, m	7.10
Draught, m	2.40 aft
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 MTU 16V538 TB91 diesels
Power, h. p.	10800
Max speed, kts	37.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 80
Endurance, nm(kts)	1850(14)
Armament	2 x 2 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 1 - 57/70 SAK-57 Mk 1, 1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350
Electronic equipment	Decca 1226, 9GR600, 9LV212 radars, Simrad SU sonar, Susie-1 ECM suite
Complement	39

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Project history

Four 'Spica-M' type missile strike craft were ordered in 1976 to replace Perkasa class torpedo boats. The bridgework is farther forward than in the original Spica design, no torpedoes are mounted and diesels replace the gas turbines.

Modernizations

1990s, all: - Simrad SU sonar

mid-2010s, all: - Decca 1226 radar, Susie-1 ECM suite; + type 1007 radar, DR-3000 ECM suite

Naval service

No significant events.