Valour-class frigate

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