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KRI Dewaruci arrives with 25 ASEAN naval cadets
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Indonesian sail training vessel KRI Dewaruci docks at Semayang Port in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan on Sept. 26. (JP/N. Adri)
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ndonesian ship KRI Dewaruci berthed at Semayang Port in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, carrying 25 naval cadets from ASEAN countries to train together.
“We are with 25 cadets from ASEAN countries to train together,” KRI Dewaruci commander Lt. Col. Widiyatmoko Baruna Aji said Monday.
From Monday to Wednesday, the vessel will be open to the public. Widiyatmoko said people were welcome to visit and tour the ship, which is used as a training vessel for Indonesian cadets and lately has also been for ASEAN counterparts.
The cadets are from Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Laos did not send cadets because the country does not have a navy, while Brunei Darussalam was absent this time.
The last time the legendary sail training vessel docked in Balikpapan was in 2006. Ten years ago the vessel, launched in 1953, sailed north to Okinawa, Japan, and returned south through Manila, Makassar, Balikpapan again, before returning home to Surabaya.
This time, the route was shorter compared to the usual one, which could take a year to complete.
“On Wednesday we will sail to Semarang [Central Java],” said Second Sgt. Dwi Warno. “The trip will take three days. After, we will return to Surabaya,” he said.
‘At a speed of 11 knots, Surabaya-Semarang takes only a day,” Dwi said.
The KRI Dewaruci is a tall ship with three masts and 16 sails. It is due to be decommissioned, pending the arrival of a new KRI Dewaruci, which is slated to arrive next year from a shipyard in Vigo, Spain. (evi)
