'Valour' Class Frigates
SAS Amatola F145
SAS Amatola F145 is a 3700 ton 'Valour' Class Frigate of the South African Navy, and we see Amatola as she crosses Firestone Bay and enters Devonport Naval Base on 2nd August 2007. One of four 'Valour' Class Frigates serving with the South African Navy, SAS Amatola was built by Blohm + Voss shipyards in Hamburg and launched on 6th June 2002. Commissioned on 16th February 2006, she is powered by two diesels engines generating 5,920 kW (7,939 hp) and a gas turbine unit generating 20,000 kW (26,820 hp) and is normally based at Simonstown in South Africa.