Name SAS Isaac Dyobha Laid down 16 Mar 1979 Homeport Durban Construction started 16 March 1979 Draft 2.4 m | Operator South African Navy Commissioned 27 July 1979 Length 58 m Displacement 376,500 kg Builders Sandock-Austral, Durban | |
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Namesake Reverend Isaac Dyobha, a chaplain in the South African Native Labour Corps who died in the sinking of the SS Mendi in 1917 | ||
SAS Isaac Dyobha is a Warrior-class strike craft of the South African Navy, currently configured as an Offshore Patrol Vessel.
She was commissioned in 1979 and originally named SAS Frans Erasmus for former National Party cabinet minister Frans Erasmus and launched by his widow. She was renamed on 1 April 1997. She was upgraded in 2012/2013 to an Offshore Patrol Vessel role.
The SAS Isaac Dyobha is currently employed on anti piracy patrols.
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