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defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Valour Class frigates at Naval Base Durban. Picture: SA Navy Naval Base Durban, home to the patrol squadron of the SA Navy (SAN), is on track to welcome the first multi-mission inshore patrol vessel (MMIPV) come mid-year. While the base at Salisbury Island in the greater Durban port precinct, is still in transition from a naval station to a fully-fledged base, it’s all hands on deck as base commander Rear Admiral (JG) Jabulani Amos Mbotho has taken charge of the current patrol vessels and will have a third hull to oversee in a few months.

defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - SAS Galeshewe (P1567) docked at what was Naval Station Durban, now again a naval base. While the offshore patrol vessel (OPV) SAS Galeshewe (P1567) might be said to be decommissioned, the Navy Office in Pretoria has it the former strikecraft is “currently in Class 1 Reserve”. This means, according to a statement from SA Navy (SAN) headquarters in Visagie Street, Galeshewe can be recommissioned “if we would be able to do so”. SAS Isaac Dyobha (P1565) and SAS Makhanda (P1569) are currently the maritime service’s lone patrol vessels until at least th...