SAS Galeshewe
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 South Africa
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| Name: | SAS Galeshewe |
| Namesake: | enamed for the Tlhaping tribe's chief Galeshewe |
| Operator: | South African Navy |
| Builder: | Sandock Austral, Durban |
| Launched: | 26 Mar 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 11 Feb 1983 |
| Homeport: | Durban |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Warrior class strike craft |
| Type: | Missile boat |
| Displacement: | 415 tons (450 tons full loaded) |
| Length: | 58 m (190 ft) |
| Beam: | 7.62 m (25.0 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.4 m (7.9 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 4 MTU 16V 538 diesel engines, four shafts, total of 12,800 hp (9,500 kW) |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
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| Complement: | 45 officers and crewmen |
SAS Galeshewe is a Warrior-class strike craft of the South African Navy, currently configured as an Offshore Patrol Vessel.
She was commissioned in 1983 and originally named SAS Hendrik Mentz for South African Party minister of defence Hendrik Mentz, she was renamed on 1 April 1997. She was upgraded in 2012/2013 to an Offshore Patrol Vessel role.
The SAS Galeshewe is currently employed with anti piracy patrols.
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