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Wednesday 2 January 2013

Indonesian patrol vessels built by shipyard at Bremen, Germany according to the Dutch newspaper Java-bode dated Thursday 3 November 1955

An item reported that the last of the eight patrol vessels built at Bremen for the Indonesian navy were last Monday transferred to the Indonesian cabinet to be used for preventing smuggling along the Indonesian coasts. The newspaper Algemeen Indisch dagblad dated Wednesday 2 November The newspaper Algemeen Indisch dagblad dated 2 November that her name was Pulai Rindja built at the Aboking Rasmushen shipyard and which made a trial on the North Sea before she was handed over. On board were several Indonesian and German guests including the Indonesia ambassador in Germany Maramis and his spouse. The dimensions of the vessel were 40 x 5,70 metres and she was fitted out with 2 diesel engines each of 1.400 hp allowing a speed of 24 knots.