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SAS Amatola (F145) |
| Class overview |
| Name: |
Valour class |
| Builders: |
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel |
| Operators: |
South African Navy |
| Preceded by: |
President Class |
| In service: |
2006 |
| In commission: |
2006 |
| Completed: |
4 |
| Active: |
4 |
| General characteristics |
| Class & type: |
Frigate |
| Displacement: |
3700 tons |
| Length: |
121 m (397 ft) |
| Beam: |
16.34 m (53.6 ft) |
| Draught: |
5.95 m (19.5 ft) |
| Propulsion: |
- CODAG WARP
- 2 MTU 16V 1163 TB93 diesel engines, 5,920 kilowatts (7,940 hp) each, 2 shafts for cruise;
- 1 General Electric LM2500, 20,000 kilowatts (27,000 hp)
- 1 waterjet
|
| Speed: |
28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Range: |
8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Endurance: |
28 days |
| Complement: |
152 (incl aircrew) |
Sensors and
processing systems: |
Surveillance Radar: Thales Naval France MRR-3D NG G-band multi-role radar
Optical Radar Tracker: 2 Reutech RTS 6400 monopulse X-band (I/J bands) combined radar and optronics trackers
Electro-optical Tracker: Reutech Electro-optical tracker
Identification Friend or Foe: Tellumat Integrated Naval IFF system
Target Designation Sights: M-Tek Target Designation Sights
Sonar: Thales UMS4132 Kingklip sonar
Obstacle avoidance sonar: MDS 3060 |
Electronic warfare
& decoys: |
ESM/ECM: Saab Grintek Avitronics SME 100/200 ESM & ELINT
Decoys: 2 Saab Grintek Avitronics MRL (96 decoys) |
| Armament: |
Naval Guns: 1 Otobreda 76 mm gun
1 Denel 35mm Dual Purpose Gun
2 Mk1 Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
2 12.7 mm Rogue remotely operated guns
Anti-ship missiles: 8 MBDA MM 40 Exocet Block 2 surface-to-surface missiles (mounted in two four-cell launchers)
Surface-to-Air: 16 Umkhonto surface-to-air missiles (mounted in two eight-cell vertical launchers)
ASW: 4 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes |
| Armor: |
Welded GL-D36 steel |
| Aircraft carried: |
2 SuperLynx 300 or 1 Atlas Oryx or 2 AgustaWestland AW109 or 1 Rooivalk or various UAVs |
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