JanMasterson
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hello pooners,
here are some suggestions about the South African Navy's Valour class frigates for PlayersDB 7.4.7:
- it's crew is 92 plus 20 spare;
- "The sea-keeping capabilities of the A-200 allow effective weapon engagement and helicopter operation including sea state 6.";
- "(...)vital and hazardous areas (...)" are protected by "(...)special Kevlar and Ceramic combination system that is bolted to the inner side of the ships shell(...);
- it have a "Dual or Triple Stabilizers";
- it have a very reduced signature in Magnetic, Radar, Acoustic and Infra Red spectres ("A reduction of about 75% on the ship's infrared signature has been achieved by elimination of the funnel" and a "radar signature of a vessel half its size" are claimed by designers along pther Underwater Noise Reduction measure usually more common aboard submarines than surface vessels);
- it's landing deck and hangar is able to accomodate a 10 t (medium) or two 5t (light) helicopter for day and night operation (here's an Oryx aboard SAS Amatola);
- it's different mode ("throttle") are the following:
Mode IV, loitering mode (Gas Turbine and waterjet) allow a max speed of 23 knots;
Mode I , economic mode ("for long distance cruising" with one diesel) allow a max speed of 18 knots;
Mode II, manoeuvre mode (the two diesels are running) allow a max speed of 23 knots;
Mode III, WARP mode (the two diesils and the waterjet are running) allow a max speed of "well above 27 knots" (some sources are reporting ">29" and "30 knots" is often seen in the SAN news);
- it's max endurance is about 7,700 nm (seen more often than 7500 or 8000nm) at 16 knots (45 day unreplenished endurance);
- it have two MM-40 block 2 Exocet quad launchers;
- the VLS have 32 cells. It's said that it's filled with only 16 Umkhonto and that the 16 others can be fitted in two hours (below is the SAS Mendi at Kiel with the VLS well visible) ;
- as far as i know, it's unsure that the torpedo tubes are not actually fitted, what is sure is that torpedoes are not yet in the inventory and will be build "on teh shelf" when needed
Sources:
http://navy.org.za/pages/valour
http://navy.org.za/files/BV-SAN-Corvette-Yachts.pdf
http://navy.org.za/files/BV-MEKO-Flyer.pdf
http://navy.org.za/articles/tag/mekoa200
http://united-states-navy.com/specials/baltops/2004/south-africa.htm
http://www.navy.mil.za/equipment/valour.htm
http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/meko/
http://navalpowercb.blogspot.com/2006/06/meko-200-san-uma-fragata-alem-servio.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valour_class_frigate
http://www.harpoonhq.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=8175#8175
JFS 16-Aug-2004 *South Africa/FRIGATES/VALOUR CLASS (MEKO A-200 TYPE) (FFGHM)
cheers,
Jan
here are some suggestions about the South African Navy's Valour class frigates for PlayersDB 7.4.7:
- it's crew is 92 plus 20 spare;
- "The sea-keeping capabilities of the A-200 allow effective weapon engagement and helicopter operation including sea state 6.";
- "(...)vital and hazardous areas (...)" are protected by "(...)special Kevlar and Ceramic combination system that is bolted to the inner side of the ships shell(...);
- it have a "Dual or Triple Stabilizers";
- it have a very reduced signature in Magnetic, Radar, Acoustic and Infra Red spectres ("A reduction of about 75% on the ship's infrared signature has been achieved by elimination of the funnel" and a "radar signature of a vessel half its size" are claimed by designers along pther Underwater Noise Reduction measure usually more common aboard submarines than surface vessels);
- it's landing deck and hangar is able to accomodate a 10 t (medium) or two 5t (light) helicopter for day and night operation (here's an Oryx aboard SAS Amatola);
- it's different mode ("throttle") are the following:
Mode IV, loitering mode (Gas Turbine and waterjet) allow a max speed of 23 knots;
Mode I , economic mode ("for long distance cruising" with one diesel) allow a max speed of 18 knots;
Mode II, manoeuvre mode (the two diesels are running) allow a max speed of 23 knots;
Mode III, WARP mode (the two diesils and the waterjet are running) allow a max speed of "well above 27 knots" (some sources are reporting ">29" and "30 knots" is often seen in the SAN news);
- it's max endurance is about 7,700 nm (seen more often than 7500 or 8000nm) at 16 knots (45 day unreplenished endurance);
- it have two MM-40 block 2 Exocet quad launchers;
- the VLS have 32 cells. It's said that it's filled with only 16 Umkhonto and that the 16 others can be fitted in two hours (below is the SAS Mendi at Kiel with the VLS well visible) ;
- as far as i know, it's unsure that the torpedo tubes are not actually fitted, what is sure is that torpedoes are not yet in the inventory and will be build "on teh shelf" when needed
Sources:
http://navy.org.za/pages/valour
http://navy.org.za/files/BV-SAN-Corvette-Yachts.pdf
http://navy.org.za/files/BV-MEKO-Flyer.pdf
http://navy.org.za/articles/tag/mekoa200
http://united-states-navy.com/specials/baltops/2004/south-africa.htm
http://www.navy.mil.za/equipment/valour.htm
http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/meko/
http://navalpowercb.blogspot.com/2006/06/meko-200-san-uma-fragata-alem-servio.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valour_class_frigate
http://www.harpoonhq.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=8175#8175
JFS 16-Aug-2004 *South Africa/FRIGATES/VALOUR CLASS (MEKO A-200 TYPE) (FFGHM)
cheers,
Jan
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