The ''Pulau Rau''-class minesweepers were a class of ten motor minesweepers of the

Indonesian Navy The Indonesian Navy (, TNI-AL) is the Navy, naval branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It was founded on 10 September 1945 and has a role to patrol Indonesia's lengthy coastline, to enforce and patrol the territorial waters and Exclus ...

, in service during the

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Design and construction

In 1954, the

ordered 10 ''Pulau Rau''-class minesweepers from

Abeking & Rasmussen Abeking & Rasmussen (A&R) is a shipyard situated in Lemwerder, near Bremen in the Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. The shipyard is on the left bank of the Weser, River Weser, and currently comprises five production halls with associated work ...

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. The ''Pulau Rau''-class were modified R boats (i.e. motor minesweepers of a German World War II design) armed with one Bofors 40mm L/60 Mk 3 gun, two Oerlikon 20mm/70 Mk 10 guns and also mechanical minesweeping gear.Jalesveva Jayamahe, 1960. page 103
/ref> They were built between 1954 and 1957 and remained in service for the next thirty years.

Ships in class

''Pulau Rau'' (501)
''Pulau Roma'' (502)
''Pulau Rass'' (503)
''Pulau Roti'' (504)
''Pulau Rupat'' (505)
''Pulau Rangsang'' (506)
''Pulau Rindja'' (507)
''Pulau Rempang'' (508)
''Pulau Rengat'' (509)
''Pulau Rusa'' (510)

Notes

Bibliography

* * {{cite book, editor1-last=Gardiner, editor1-first=Robert, editor2-last=Chumbley, editor2-first=Stephen, title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, year=1995, publisher=Naval Institute Press, location=Annapolis, Maryland, US, isbn=1-55750-132-7 Minesweepers of the Indonesian Navy Minesweepers of Indonesia Minesweepers of Germany