South African Navy – Corvettes and Patrol Ships

Corvettes and Patrol Ships

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Warrior-class strike craft LOA 190′ / 57.9 m TDISP 450 tons (9 built, 8 retired, service from 1977) several units of class reconfigures as OPVs late  in career (ca. 2012), with the removal of the scorpion anti-ship missiles and the aft 76mm gun.

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SAS Isaac Dyobha P-1565, Warrior class, showing reconfiguration as Ocean Patrol Vessel, ca. 2018 Credit: Bob Adams from Amanzimtoti, South Africa, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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