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NAMIBIAN NAVY (NAMIBIA)

NON-NAVAL FORCES

ORYX patrol craft/yacht (1975/1993)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Oryx (ex S to S) 12.2002- P01   Burmester, Bremen, West Germany + Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, West Germany     5/1975 // 1993 Navy 12.2002, in service (2020)

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

406

Length, m

41.0 pp 45.7 oa

Breadth, m

9.12

Draught, m

2.94

No of shafts

1

Machinery

2 Deutz RSBA16M528 diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4100(11)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

Furuno FR1525, Furuno FR805D radars

Complement

20

Project history: Former yacht of the managing director of FIAT, transferred at independence from South African government. Bow was built by Abeking & Rasmussen.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Transferred from Fisheries Patrol to Navy in December 2002.

Oryx 1997

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