SAS Drakensberg
SAS Drakensberg | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Replenishment oiler (AOR) |
| Displacement | 12,500 tons full load (6,000 tons light) |
| Length | 147 m (482 ft) |
| Beam | 19.5 m (64 ft) |
| Draft | 7.9 m (25.9 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2×6600 kW B&W 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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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 Sandock Austral Shipyards in Durban, it is the largest and most sophisticated warship to have been built in South Africa.