SAS Isaac Dyobha was a Warrior-class strike craft of the South African Navy.
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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 |
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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