SAS Drakensberg

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SAS Drakensberg
History
South Africa
Name	SAS Drakensberg
Namesake	Drakensberg mountain range
Operator	South African Navy
Builder	Sandock-Austral, Durban
Laid down	30 August 1984
Launched	24 April 1986
Commissioned	11 November 1987
Identification	IMO number: 8644060 MMSI number: 460100910 Callsign: ZTRP
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Replenishment oiler (AOR)
Displacement	12,500 tons full load (6,000 tons light)
Length	147 m (482 ft)[1]
Beam	19.5 m (64 ft)
Draft	7.9 m (25.9 ft)
Propulsion	2×6600 kW B&W[Notes 1] V12 engines driving a single variable-pitch propeller. Bow thruster
Speed	21+ knots
Range	8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	14 officers, 101 enlisted
Armament	4× Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; 6 × 12,7 mm Browning machine guns
Aircraft carried	2× Atlas Oryx helicopters
Aviation facilities	2 hangars

SAS Drakensberg (A301) is a fleet replenishment ship (AOR) of the South African Navy (SAN), with the primary role of assisting and supporting the SAN's combat vessels at sea. Built by the (now defunct) Sandock-Austral shipyard in Durban,^[2] it is the largest and most sophisticated warship to have been built in South Africa.

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