SAS Frans Erasmus
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 South Africa
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| Name: | SAS Isaac Dyobha |
| Namesake: | Reverend Isaac Dyobha, a chaplain in the South African Native Labour Corps who died in the sinking of the SS Mendi in 1917 |
| Operator: | South African Navy |
| Builder: | Sandock Austral, Durban |
| Laid down: | 16 Mar 1979 |
| Commissioned: | 27 July 1979 |
| Homeport: | Durban |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and 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) |
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| 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.
She was commissioned in 1979 and originally named SAS Frans Erasmus for former National Party cabinet minister Frans Erasmus and launched by his widow. She was renamed on 1 April 1997. She was upgraded in 2012/2013 to an Offshore Patrol Vessel role.
The SAS Isaac Dyobha is currently employed on anti piracy patrols.
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