Name SAS Makhanda Commissioned 4 July 1986 Status in active service Displacement 376,500 kg Builders Sandock-Austral, Durban | Operator South African Navy Homeport Naval Base Durban Length 58 m Draft 2.4 m | |
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Namesake named for the Xhosa warrior Makhanda | ||
SAS Makhanda is a Warrior-class strike craft of the South African Navy, currently configured as an Offshore Patrol Vessel.
She was commissioned in 1986 and originally named SAS Magnus Malan for South African Party minister of defence Magnus Malan, she was renamed on 1 April 1997. She was converted in 2012/2013 to an Offshore Patrol Vessel role.
The SAS Makhanda is currently employed with anti piracy patrols.
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