F-147 Spioenkop

Country:  South Africa

Class, [Type]: Valour ( Meko A-200SAN ), [FF].

Builder: Blohm + Voss, Hamburg, Germany.

Launch date: 02 August 2003.

Commission date: 16 February 2007.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.590 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 121 x 16,34 x 5,95

Main machinery: CODAG-WARP: 1 x General Electric LM-2500 gas turbine ( 26,824 hp ), 2 x MTU 16V1163 TB93 diesels ( 7.940 hp each ), 1 x KaMeWa waterjet.

Speed ( knots ): 28.

Range ( miles ): 8.000 at 15 knots.

Complement: 117 ( 8 aircrew ).

Guns: 1 x 76mm/62 OTOBreda, 2 x twin 35mm Denel, 2 x 20mm/90 Oerlikon Mk1.

Missiles:  SSN: 8 x MM40 Exocet Block 2; SAM: 16 x Denel Umkhonto ( VLS ).

Torpedoes: 4 x 324mm tubes ( 2 x double launchers ).

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Thales Scout; Search: 1 x Thales MRR 3-D; Fire Control: 2 x Reutech ORT RTS-6400.

Sonar: Thales Kingklip, hull-mounted, low frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Wallop-Grintek UltraBarricade; EW: Avitronics Shrike electronic and laser signal warning.

Helicopter: 1 x Super Lynx 300 ( with Mokapa antiship missiles ).

Comment: Ships of this class are to be outfitted and have their weapons systems integrated after their delivery in South Africa. All units of the class will enter service before the end of 2007.

Homeport: Simonstown.