SAS Drakensberg
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SAS Drakensberg (A301) is a fleet replenishment ship (AOR) of the South African Navy (SAN), with the primary role of assisting and supporting the SAN's combat vessels at sea. Built by the (now defunct) Sandock-Austral shipyard in Durban,[2] it is the largest and most sophisticated warship to have been built in South Africa.
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SAS Drakensberg | |
History | |
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South Africa | |
Name | SAS Drakensberg |
Namesake | Drakensberg mountain range |
Operator | South African Navy |
Builder | Sandock-Austral, Durban |
Laid down | 30 August 1984 |
Launched | 24 April 1986 |
Commissioned | 11 November 1987 |
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Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Replenishment oiler (AOR) |
Displacement | 12,500 tons full load (6,000 tons light) |
Length | 147 m (482 ft)[1] |
Beam | 19.5 m (64 ft) |
Draft | 7.9 m (25.9 ft) |
Propulsion | 2×6600 kW B&W[Notes 1] V12 engines driving a single variable-pitch propeller. Bow thruster |
Speed | 21+ knots |
Range | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 14 officers, 101 enlisted |
Armament | 4× Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; 6 × 12,7 mm Browning machine guns |
Aircraft carried | 2× Atlas Oryx helicopters |
Aviation facilities | 2 hangars |
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