SAS Spioenkop
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SAS Spioenkop (F147) is the third of four Valour-class frigates for the South African Navy built by the European South African Corvette Consortium.[2] She was named by Ms Thandi Modise, the then Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Defence, in Hamburg, Germany, on 4 June 2003.[3]
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SAS Spioenkop (F147) during Exercise IBSAMAR | |
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Name | SAS Spioenkop |
Namesake | Battle of Spion Kop |
Ordered | 3 December 1998 |
Builder | Blohm+Voss, Hamburg[1] |
Laid down | 28 February 2002 |
Launched | 2 August 2003 |
Commissioned | 16 February 2007 |
Homeport | Simonstown |
Status | In active service (but non-operational) |
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Class and type | Valour-class frigate |
Displacement | 3,700 tons |
Length | 121 m (397 ft) |
Beam | 16.34 m (53.6 ft) |
Draught | 5.95 m (19.5 ft) |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Range | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Complement | 152 |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × SuperLynx 300 (can carry 2) |
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