NPV Oryx
NPV Oryx (P01) is a patrol vessel of the Namibian Navy. Formerly a civilian fisheries patrol vessel it was transferred to the Ministry of Defence in 2002, it was commissioned in 2002 into the Namibian Navy.
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| Name: | Oryx |
| Namesake: | Oryx |
| Builder: | Abeking & Rasmussen |
| Launched: | 1975 |
| Recommissioned: | 2002 |
| Homeport: | Walvis Bay |
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| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 406 tonnes (400 long tons) |
| Length: | 41 m (134 ft 6 in) |
| Beam: | 9.12 m (29 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 2.94 m (9 ft 8 in) |
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| Propulsion: | 1 shaft |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Range: | 4,100 nmi (7,600 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h) |
| Complement: | 20 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | |
| Armament: | 1 × 12.7/90 mm gun (1 × 1)[1] |
Operational history
The vessel was donated by the Namibian Ministry of Fisheries to the Navy in 2002 making it the first ship of the Namibian Navy in service joining two smaller Namacurra boat donated by the South African Navy[2][3].The vessel is utilised by the Namibian Navy for general Exclusive Economic Zone management[4].
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References
- "Namibian Navy receives new ship". January 27, 2009.
- Namibian, The. "First vessel for NDF Navy arrives". The Namibian.
- https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/africa/na-navy.htm
- "Namibia Navy to auction long-serving warship". October 19, 2012.
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