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SAS Isaac Dyobha P1565
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Photographer:Dave Leonard [ View profile ]
Captured:Dec 5, 2015
Title:Sas Isaac Dyobha P1565
Location:Durban, South Africa
Photo Category:Fast Attack Craft
Added:Dec 4, 2015
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Image Resolution:4,000 x 2,172
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Named for former National Party cabinet minister Frans Erasmus; renamed after the Reverend Isaac Dyobha, a chaplain in the SA Native Labour Corps who died in the sinking of the SS Mendi in 1917 Built 1979
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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
Homeport: Durban
Status: in active service, as of 2015
General characteristics
Class & 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: 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h)
1,650 nmi (3,060 km; 1,900 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement: 45 officers and crewmen
SAS Isaac Dyobha is a Warrior-class strike craft of the South African Navy, currently configured as an Offshore Patrol Vessel.
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