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SAS Mendi
History
South Africa
Name
SAS Mendi
Namesake
SS Mendi
Ordered
3 December 1999
Builder
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel
Laid down
28 June 2002
Launched
October 2003
Commissioned
20 March 2007
Homeport
Simonstown
Identification
F148
Status
Active service
General characteristics
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)
Propulsion
CODAG WARP
2 × Diesels 5,920 kW (7,939 hp) each
2 shafts
1 × Gas turbine 20,000 kW (26,820 hp)
1 waterjet
Speed
30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range
8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement
152
Sensors and processing systems
Surveillance Radar: Thales Naval France MRR-3D NG G-band multi-role radar
SAS Mendi (F148) is the last of four Valour-class frigates built for the South African Navy by the European South African Corvette Consortium and entered service in March 2007. SAS Mendi was named by Mrs Helena Retief, wife of the (then) Chief of the Navy Vice Admiral Johan Retief.[1]
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