SAS Isaac Dyobha
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| History | |
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 South Africa | |
| Name | SAS Isaac Dyobha |
| Namesake | Reverend Isaac Dyobha, a chaplain in the South African Native Labour Corps who died in the sinking of the SS Mendi in 1917[1] |
| Operator | South African Navy |
| Builder | Sandock Austral, Durban |
| Laid down | 16 Mar 1979[2] |
| Commissioned | 27 July 1979 |
| Decommissioned | 2022 |
| Homeport | Durban |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Warrior class strike craft |
| Type | Missile boat |
| Displacement | 415 tons (450 tons full loaded) |
| Length | 58 m (190 ft) |
| Beam | 7.62 m (25.0 ft) |
| Draught | 2.4 m (7.9 ft) |
| Propulsion | 4 MTU 16V 538 diesel engines, four shafts, total of 12,800 hp (9,500 kW) |
| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range |
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| Complement | 45 officers and crewmen |
| Armament | 1 OTO Melara 76 mm |
SAS Isaac Dyobha was a Warrior-class strike craft of the South African Navy.
She was commissioned in 1979 and originally named SAS Frans Erasmus for former National Party cabinet minister Frans Erasmus and launched by his widow.[3] She was renamed on 1 April 1997.[4] She was upgraded in 2012/2013 to an Offshore Patrol Vessel role by removing one of her OTO Melara 76 mm guns and her scorpion missile launchers.[5]
From 2013 the SAS Isaac Dyobha was employed on anti piracy patrols.[6] She was decommissioned in 2022.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "THE HISTORY OF THE SAS ISAAC DYOBHA". South African Navy website. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- ^ "Patrol Forces". Navy.mil.za. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
- ^ Bennett, Chris. Day-to-Day in the SA Navy.
- ^ Wessels, Andre. "The South African Navy during the years of conflict in Southern Africa 1966-1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ Wingrin, Dean (10 May 2013). "Navy commences upgrade of fourth strike craft". Defenceweb.co.za. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ Helfrich, Kim (November 14, 2013). "OPVs take up counter piracy duties". Defenceweb.co.za. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
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