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SAS Mendi is documented in the equipment reference catalogue. It was built by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Kiel.
Technical data
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
SAS Mendi
SS Mendi
3 December 1999
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Kiel
28 June 2002
October 2003
20 March 2007
Simonstown
F148
Active service
Valour-class frigate
3,700 tons
121 m (397 ft)
16.34 m (53.6 ft)
5.95 m (19.5 ft)
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 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
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) 16 × Umkhonto SAM (2 × 8-cell vertical launchers)
1 × SuperLynx 300 (can carry 2)
Flight deck Enclosed hangar
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
SAS Mendi equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
South Africa