History

KRI Nanggala (402), also known as Nanggala II, was a diesel-electric attack submarine of the Indonesian Navy, one of two Cakra-class submarines, and used a Type 209/1300 design. It was ordered in 1977, launched in 1980, and commissioned in 1981. The submarine conducted intelligence gathering operations in the Indian Ocean and around East Timor and Nunukan in North Kalimantan. It was a participant of the international Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training naval exercise, and conducted a passing exercise with USS Oklahoma City. The boat underwent a major refit in 2012.

Missing

Nanggala was declared missing on 21 April 2021, hours after losing contact with surface personnel while it was underwater. It was in the middle of a torpedo drill in waters north of Bali and had fired a live SUT torpedo before it went missing. The navy estimated that the submarine's oxygen supply would last for about three days, and multiple domestic and international vessels were sent to search for the vessel.

Three days later, on 24 April, debris from the submarine was found on the surface, and the navy declared Nanggala sunk. Navy chief Yudo Margono reported that a scan appeared to show the submarine resting at a depth of 850 m (2,800 ft). The presumed loss of 53 people constitutes the largest reported loss of life aboard a submarine since the Chinese submarine Changcheng 361 malfunctioned in April 2003.

Nanggala is reported as "On Eternal Patrol" that mean this submarine doing patrol but will never comeback.

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