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PATROL FORCES
2 Warrior (Ex Minister) Class (Fast Attack Missile) (FAC (M))
SAS
GALESHEWE
| Name |
No |
Builders |
Launched |
Commissioned |
SAS ISAAC
DYOBHA
(ex-Frans Erasmus) |
P 1565 |
Sandock
Austral, Durban |
16 Mar 1979 |
27 July
1979 |
SAS
GALESHEWE
(ex-Hendrik Mentz) |
P 1567 |
Sandock
Austral, Durban |
26 Mar 1982 |
11 Feb 1983 |
| Displacement, tons: |
450 full load |
| Dimensions, feet (metres): |
204 x 25 x 8 (62,2 x 7,8 x
2,4) |
| Main Machinery: |
4 Maybach MTU 16V 965 TB91
diesels; 15, 000 hp(m) (11 MW) sustained; 4 shafts |
| Speed, knots: |
32 |
| Range, miles: |
1,500 at 30kt; 3,600+ at
economical speed |
| Complement: |
52 (7 officers) |
| Guns: |
2 OTO Melara 3 in (76mm)/62
compact; 2 Oerlikon 20 mm GAM-BO1; 2 - 12,7 mm MGs |
| Countermeasures: |
Decoys: 4 ACDS launchers for
chaff |
| ESM: |
Delcon (ADS.Sysdel) EW system |
| ECM: |
Rattler; jammer |
| Combat data systems: |
ADS Diamant (after upgrade).
Mini action data automation with Link. |
| Radars: |
Air/surface search; Elta EL/M
2208; E/F-band; Fire control: Selenia RTN 10X; I/J-band |
| Operational: |
All are based in Simon’s Town.
P1568 is not in commission and is likely to be withdrawn from service in
2004. |
3 T Craft Class (Inshore Patrol Vessel) (IPV)
SAS
TOBIE
| Name |
No |
Builders |
Commissioned |
| SAS TOBIE |
P 1552 |
T Craft
International, Cape Town |
June 1992 |
| SAS TERN |
P 1553 |
T Craft
International, Cape Town |
June 1996 |
| SAS
TEKWANE |
P 1554 |
T Craft
International, Cape Town |
Dec 1996 |
| Displacement, tons: |
36 full load |
| Dimensions, feet (metres): |
72,2 x 23 x 3 (22 x 7 x
0,9) |
| Main Machinery: |
2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels;
2,000 hp (1,5 MW); 2 Hamilton water-jets |
| Speed, knots: |
32 |
| Range, miles: |
530 at 22kt |
| Complement: |
16 (1 officer) |
| Guns: |
1-12,7 mm MG |
| Radars: |
Surface search: Racal Decca;
I-band |
| Comment: |
These boats are twin hulled
catamarans of glass reinforced plastic (GRP) sandwich construction.
Capable of carrying up to 15 personnel. Ordered in mid-1991. Each carries
a RIB in the stern well. Commissioned as SAS in 2003. |
26 Namacurra Class (Harbour Patrol Boat) (HPB)
NAMACURRA
| Displacement, tons: |
5 full load |
| Dimensions, feet (metres): |
29,5 x 9 x 2,8 (9 x2,7 x
0,8) |
| Main Machinery: |
2 Yamaha outboards; 380 hp(m)
(279kw) |
| Speed, knots: |
32 |
| Range, miles: |
180 at 20kt |
| Complement: |
4 |
| Guns: |
1-12,7 mm MG, 2-7,62 mm MGs |
| Radars: |
Surface search: Furuno; I-band |
| Comment: |
Built in South Africa in
1980-81 these boats can also be transported by road. One transferred to
Malawi in October 1988, two to Namibia in 2002 and two to Mozambique in
September 2004. |
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