KRI Teluk Weda (526)
# KRI Teluk Weda (526)

KRI Teluk Weda (526) is the eighth Teluk Bintuni-class tank landing ship of the Indonesian Navy.

## Characteristics

Teluk Weda has a length of 117 metres (383 ft 10 in) and a beam of 16.4 metres (53 ft 10 in), with a top speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) and a cruising speed of 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph). She has a capacity of 367 troops, with complement of 111, in addition to ten Leopard main battle tanks or fifteen BMP-3F amphibious infantry fighting vehicles. Teluk Weda also has two helipads with two hangars.

## Service history

KRI Teluk Weda was built by PT Bandar Abadi Shipyard, Batam. The ship was ordered on 12 April 2019, part of two ships contract of 360 billion Indonesian Rupiah (25.5 million US Dollar). Her building process was begun on 13 September and she was assigned with yard number of AT-8. Her keel was laid down on 19 December.

Teluk Weda, along with her sister Teluk Wondama were launched on 27 February 2021, and officially named on 3 March. The ships were launched 8 months ahead of the scheduled 30 months, with the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy Admiral Yudo Margono remarked during the ship naming ceremony that he should have invited Jaya Suprana, the founder of Indonesian World Records Museum, as according to him it's "..an achievement that must be carved into MURI".

Teluk Weda and Teluk Wondama were commissioned on 26 October 2021 at PT Bandar Abadi shipyard in Batam, after they were handed over ceremonially by Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto to Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy Admiral Yudo Margono.

