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SAS Amatola is documented in the equipment reference catalogue. It was built by Blohm+Voss , Hamburg. Reported operators include South African Navy.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
SAS Amatola
The Amatola Mountains where British forces fought the Xhosas in late 1852
South African Navy
3 December 1999
Blohm+Voss , Hamburg
6 August 2001
6 June 2002
16 February 2006
Simonstown
MMSI number : 601350000 Callsign : ZSRH
in active service
Valour-class frigate
3,700 long tons (3,759 t)
121 m (397 ft 0 in)
16.34 m (53 ft 7 in)
5.95 m (19 ft 6 in)
CODAG WARP 2 × Diesels 5,920 kW (7,939 hp) each 2 shafts 1 × Gas turbine 20,000 kW (26,820 hp) 1 waterjet
30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
152
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
ESM/ECM : Saab Grintek Avitronics SME 100/200 ESM (Intercept and Jammer) & ELINT Decoys : 2 Saab Grintek Avitronics MRL Super Barricade chaff launchers (96 decoys)
1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun 1 × twin barreled 35 mm (Denel) dual purpose gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Mk1 8 × MBDA MM40 Exocet Block 2 SSM (2 × 4-cell launchers) 32 × Umkhonto SAM (4 × 8-cell vertical launchers) 4×324mm torpedo tubes
1 × SuperLynx 300 (can carry 2)
Flight deck Enclosed hangar
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
SAS Amatola equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
South Africa