NRTL Kamenassa

	Kamenassa in 2015
History
South Korea
Name	P217
Commissioned	11 December 1978
Fate	Transferred to Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Name	Kamenassa
Acquired	August 2011
Commissioned	26 September 2011
Fate	Sunk as a dive wreck 15 July 2023
General characteristics
Class & type	Chamsuri-class patrol boat
Displacement	112 t (110 long tons) light; 147 t (145 long tons) full load;
Length	33.10 m (108 ft 7 in)
Beam	6.92 m (22 ft 8 in)
Draft	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × MTU MD538 TU90 diesel engines; 2 propellers;
Speed	38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	31
Sensors &; processing systems	1 × STX RadarSys SPS-100k surface search radar; 1 × Saab CEROS fire radar and optronic sight;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	2 × KDAGAIE Mk2 decoys
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm gun; 2 × Sea Vulcan (late model);

NameP217

Commissioned11 December 1978

FateTransferred to Timor-Leste

NameKamenassa

NRTL Kamenassa was a Chamsuri-class patrol boat of the Timor-Leste Defence Force. Built for the Republic of Korea Navy as P217 in 1978, it was transferred to Timor-Leste with two other boats in 2011. The ship was intentionally sunk as a dive wreck in 2023.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 2023
Shipwrecks	3 Feb: São Paulo 5 Feb: TQ Ordu 26 Feb: Calabria migrant boat 23 Mar: Tunisia migrant boat 18 Apr: Zhe Hai 168 25 Apr: April Libya migrant boat 7 May: Tanur boat 16 May: Lu Peng Yuan Yu 28 May: Gooduria 12 Jun: Kwara 14 Jun: Andriana 18 Jun: Titan 21 Jun: Canary Islands migrant boat 15 Jul: NRTL Kamenassa 31 Jul: Van Speijk 14 Aug: Cape Verde migrant boat 7 Sep: Tombouctou 16 Dec: December Libya migrant boat 26 Dec: Novocherkassk
Other incidents	10 Jan: JS Inazuma 24 Jan: Tuzla 28 Feb: Princess Empress 22 Mar: Petrel 23 Mar: Noorderlicht 29 Mar: Lady Mary Joy 3 29 Apr: Pentalina 31 May: Dorset Belle 3 Jun: KRI Teluk Hading 15 Jul: USNS Alan Shepard 26 Jul: Fremantle Highway 1 Aug: Vasily Bykov 4 Aug: Olenegorsky Gornyak 5 Aug: Sig 5 Sep: NOAAS Rainier 13 Sep: Rostov-na-Donu and Minsk 26 Sep: Matthew 24 Oct: Verity and Polesie 4 Nov: Askold 19 Nov: Galaxy Leader (Hijacking) 23 Dec: Chem Pluto 30 Dec: Maersk Hangzhou (attacks)
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History

Kamenassa in 2015




South Korea
Name	P217
Commissioned	11 December 1978
Fate	Transferred to Timor-Leste


Timor-Leste
Name	Kamenassa
Acquired	August 2011
Commissioned	26 September 2011
Fate	Sunk as a dive wreck 15 July 2023


General characteristics
Class & type	Chamsuri-class patrol boat
Displacement	112 t (110 long tons) light 147 t (145 long tons) full load
Length	33.10 m (108 ft 7 in)
Beam	6.92 m (22 ft 8 in)
Draft	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × MTU MD538 TU90 diesel engines 2 propellers
Speed	38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph)
Range	1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	31
Sensors & processing systems	1 × STX RadarSys SPS-100k surface search radar 1 × Saab CEROS fire radar and optronic sight
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 × KDAGAIE Mk2 decoys
Armament	1 × Bofors 40 mm gun 2 × Sea Vulcan (late model)