Warrior-class inshore patrol vessel

SAS King Sekhukhune I underway off Simon's Town
Class overview
NameWarrior-class
BuildersDamen Shipyards Cape Town, Damen Group
Operators South African Navy
Preceded byWarrior-class strike craft
CostR3.6 billion ($228m USD) for three units (2018)
Built2018-present
In commission2022-present
Planned15
Building0
Active3
General characteristics
TypeMulti-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessel
Displacement1,000 t (980 long tons)
Length62 m (203 ft 5 in)
Beam11.5 m (37 ft 9 in)
Draught4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
SpeedCruising: 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) Maximum: 26.5 knots (49.1 km/h; 30.5 mph)
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)
Boats & landing
craft carried
1 x 7 m (23 ft 0 in) RIB 1 x 9 m (29 ft 6 in) RIB
Troopsc.14
Complement49 Officers and Crew men (capacity for 62)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Reutech Radar Systems RTS 3200: a frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar/optronics tracker (FORT)
  • Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar
  • X-band and S-band radars, W-AIS, Inertial Navigation System, GPS, Optical Bearing Devices and various other navigation sensors.
Armament
Notes
  • Ability to accommodate containerised mission modules. Various layouts include one 20-foot and four 10-foot containers.
  • Deck layout includes a knuckle boom crane, single point lifting davit rated at 5.7 tons and a single-point lifting davit rated at 2 tons.

The Warrior-class inshore patrol vessel is a class of multi-mission inshore patrol vessels (MMIPVs) built for the South African Navy, and are intended to replace the Warrior-class OPVs between 2022 and 2024. All three vessels are named after historical South African 'warriors' who had a significant impact on the development of the country.