more powerful depth charges, and could transport and lay up to 60 mines. Overview All in all, the Parchims were up to their task, namely to hunt and destroy enemy submarines in coastal waters. Because of their lack of any real anti-shipping weapons and more importantly because of the absence of a modern air defence capability, their 'blue water' (out of the coastal regions) value would indeed have been slight. This shortcoming was partially offset by Volksmarine doctrine, which regarded the s, equipped with the radar guided OSA/SA-N-4 SAMs, as the cornerstone of their naval blue water air defence. In other words, in order to survive a modern naval war, they had to be escorted by radar guided SAM carriers. But, as the biggest GDR warship building project in history, the Parchim class truly was the "Höhepunkt des DDR-Kampfschiffbaus" ("Highpoint of East German warship construction".) Ships The 16 Parchims from the GDR were purchased by Indonesia in 1992 in a deal worth US$12.7 million arranged by then Minister of Research and Technology, B.J. Habibie. The transfer from the Volksmarine also included 14 Frosch-class landing ships and 9 Kondor-class minesweepers. The Parchims, also known as the Kapitan Pattimura-class underwent a significant rehabilitation which included air-conditioning and engine replacements in 2005. All the twin 57 mm AK-725 and twin 30 mm AK-230 gun were retained except for KRI Sultan Thaha Syaifuddin (376) & KRI Silas Papare (386) where their 30 mm AK-230 was replaced by Chinese made Type 730 CIWS. Some of the fleets MANPADS, SA-N-5 were also removed and being replaced by either one or two 20 mm autocannon. Similarly, the four 400 mm Russian-made torpedo launcher on some ship were replaced by two Mk 32 triple torpedo launcher. Currently 14 out of 16 original Parchims were in service with Indonesian navy. {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width:16%" |Name (IDN) ! Hull number (IDN) ! Name (GDR) ! Hull number (GDR) ! style="width:13%" |Commissioned (GDR) ! style="width:13%" |Commissioned (IDN) ! Status ! Notes |- |align=left | |align=center|371 |align=left |Prenzlau |align=center|231 |align=center|11 May 1983 |align=center|23 September 1993 |align=center|Active |align=left | |- |align=left | |align=center|372 |align=left |Ribnitz |align=center|233 |align=center|29 October 1983 |align=center|23 September 1993 |align=center|Active |align=left | |- |align=left | |align=center|373 |align=left |Waren |align=center|224 |align=center|23 November 1982 |align=center|15 December 1993 |align=center|Active |align=left |Initially commissioned as Nuku |- |align=left | |align=center|374 |align=left |Angermünde |align=center|214 |align=center|26 July 1985 |align=center|12 July 1994 |align=center|Active |align=left | |- |align=left