SAS Isaac Dyobha

History
South Africa
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[1]
Operator	South African Navy
Builder	Sandock Austral, Durban
Laid down	16 Mar 1979[2]
Commissioned	27 July 1979
Decommissioned	2022
Homeport	Durban
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class & 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)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h) 1,650 nmi (3,060 km; 1,900 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	45 officers and crewmen
Armament	1 OTO Melara 76 mm

SAS Isaac Dyobha was a Warrior-class strike craft of the South African Navy.

She was commissioned in 1979 and originally named SAS Frans Erasmus for former National Party cabinet minister Frans Erasmus and launched by his widow.^[3] She was renamed on 1 April 1997.^[4] She was upgraded in 2012/2013 to an Offshore Patrol Vessel role by removing one of her OTO Melara 76 mm guns and her scorpion missile launchers.^[5]

From 2013 the SAS Isaac Dyobha was employed on anti piracy patrols.^[6] She was decommissioned in 2022.^[7]

1. ^ "THE HISTORY OF THE SAS ISAAC DYOBHA". South African Navy website. Archived from the original on 17 September 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
2. ^ "Patrol Forces". Navy.mil.za. Archived from the original on 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
3. ^ Bennett, Chris. Day-to-Day in the SA Navy.
4. ^ Wessels, Andre. "The South African Navy during the years of conflict in Southern Africa 1966-1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
5. ^ Wingrin, Dean (10 May 2013). "Navy commences upgrade of fourth strike craft". Defenceweb.co.za. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
6. ^ Helfrich, Kim (November 14, 2013). "OPVs take up counter piracy duties". Defenceweb.co.za. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
7. ^ "SAS ISAAC DYOBHA'S LAST VOYAGE". SA Navy Museum. May 21, 2022. Retrieved October 21, 2022.

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