Teluk Gilimanuk-class landing ship

The Teluk Gilimanuk class is a class of medium landing ships currently being operated by Indonesian Navy. They were originally built in East Germany for the Volksmarine as the Hoyerswerda class. These ships were acquired by Indonesian Navy in the 1990s.

Design

Teluk Gilimanuk or Hoyerswerda class consisted of two variants, the Project 108 regular medium landing ship and Project 109 combat support ship.
Project 108 has a length of, a beam of, with a draught of and their displacement is at full load. The ships is powered by two diesel engines, with total power output of distributed in two shafts.
Project 109 has a length of, a beam of, with a draught of and their displacement is at full load. The ships is powered by two diesel engines, with total power output of distributed in two shafts.
Both variants have a speed of They both have a complement of 46 personnel.
The Project 108 has a cargo capacity of, while the Project 109 has a cargo capacity of. They are equipped with a 5-ton crane amidships.
The ships were initially armed with two twin 57 mm guns, complemented by two AK-230 twin barrel 30 mm guns for Project 108, and two twin 25 mm autocannons for Project 109. Some ships of Project 108 were also equipped with two 40-tube 122 mm rocket launchers. Both variants were also equipped with Muff Cob fire control radar. In Indonesian service, the Project 108 ships were rearmed with one single Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun, one twin V-11 37 mm L/63 guns, and two twin 2М-3 25 mm autocannons, while the Project 109 were rearmed with two twin V-11 37 mm L/63 guns and two twin 2M-3 25 mm autocannons.

Development

Twelve former German Democratic Republic fast medium landing ships of the Project 108 class were built by VEB Peenewerft, Wolgast, to an East German design, between 1976 and 1979. This class was named after the East German town of Hoyerswerda.
Logistic support ships of the Project 109 class were built by the same shipyard as a development of the Frosch I landing ships. Originally commissioned in the Volksmarine on between October 1979 and February 1980.

Transfer

The Hoyerswerda-class ships, and two support ships of the Project 109 class, were officially transferred to Indonesian Navy, a on 25 August 1993. Refitted in German yards prior to transfer, where all armament was removed, to be replaced later by Indonesia after delivery. The Hoyerswerda-class ships were a valuable addition to the Indonesian Navy's landing forces in view of the block obsolescence of their, then current, LST Mark 3 landing ships, obtained from the United States. The LST Mark 3s were designed in 1943, and built before 1946. They were powered by steam engines. After transfer to Indonesia, the two logistic support ships of the Project 109 class were fitted with 37 mm guns, and with rocket launchers mounted forward of the bridge. They were commissioned 25 April 1995.
The Teluk Gilimanuk-class ships were bought on 3 September 1992 based on President Instruction No. 3/1992 that was issued by late President Soeharto. The procurement also included 16 and 9 Kondor-class vessels worth a total cost of $482 million.

Operational history

Originally fourteen Teluk Gilimanuk-class LSMs were commissioned by the Indonesian Navy. All were built by VEB Peenewerft. As of 2022 eleven ships are in active service, two were lost in accidents and one ship was retired.

Name		Subclass/Project	Laid down	Launched	Acquired	Status
	531	Project 108	25 November 1974	1 July 1975	12 July 1994	Active. Ex-Hoyerswerda
	532	Project 108	7 March 1975	19 December 1975	25 February 1994	Active. Ex-Hagenow
	533	Project 108	10 June 1975	2 January 1976	9 December 1994	Active. Ex-Frankfurt/Oder
	534	Project 108	10 September 1975	15 July 1976	10 March 1995	Stricken and sank in 2012 after used as target ship for Yakhont missile during Armada Jaya XXXI Exercise. Ex-Eberswalde-Finow
	535	Project 108	11 December 1975	2 October 1976	23 September 1993	Foundered in November 2013 after a collision with concrete bollard. Ex-Lubben
	536	Project 108	17 March 1976	18 January 1977	15 December 1993	Active. Ex-Schwerin
	537	Project 108	21 August 1976	6 April 1977	2 June 1995	Active. Ex-Neubrandenburg
	538	Project 108	22 November 1976	10 June 1977	12 July 1994	Decommissioned 31 October 2024. Ex-Cottbus
	539	Project 108	21 February 1977	22 September 1977	21 July 1995	Active. Ex-Anklam
	540	Project 108	5 May 1977	27 December 1977	26 April 1994	Active. Ex-Schwedt
	541	Project 108	18 August 1977	8 March 1978	19 September 1994	Sank after being hit by high waves near Kangean Island in July 2020. Ex-Eisenhüttenstadt
	542	Project 108	2 November 1977	30 May 1978	9 December 1994	Active. Ex-Grimmen
	543	Project 109	26 January 1978	30 August 1978	25 April 1995	Active. Ex-Nordperd
	544	Project 109	16 April 1978	30 October 1978	25 April 1995	Active. Ex-Südperd