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Indonesia and neighbours scramble to find missing submarine

22nd April 2021 - 09:45 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Christchurch

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KRI Nanggala is the second of two Cakra-class diesel-electric submarines of the Indonesian Navy. (USN)

Indonesia has lost 20% of its submarine capability after a diesel-electric boat went missing off the coast of Bali.

KRI Nanggala, the second of two Cakra-class (Type 209) diesel-electric submarines of the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL), went missing on 21 April in waters approximately 100km north of Bali.

ACM Hadi Tjahjanto, Chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces, told media later that day that contact with the submarine was lost at 0430 local time, immediately after the boat received clearance to dive. Nanggala (pennant number 402) was participating in a simulated torpedo firing, ahead of an actual firing scheduled for later in the week.

Government officials later reported that an oil slick had been found at the location at

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Gordon Arthur was the Asia Pacific editor for Shephard Media. Born in Scotland and educated …

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