NS Oryx

History
Namibia
Name	Oryx
Namesake	Oryx
Builder	Abeking & Rasmussen
Launched	1975
Recommissioned	2002
Homeport	Walvis Bay
Identification	MMSI number: 659011000; Callsign: V5KX;
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)
Installed power	2 × Deutz RSBA16M528 diesel engines ; 2,000 hp (1,491 kW);
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	1 ×Furuno FR1525 radar ; 1× Furuno FR805D radar;
Armament	1 × 12.7/90 mm gun (1 × 1)

NS 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.

Operational history

The vessel was donated by the Namibian Ministry of Fisheries (NMF) 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 first Commanding Officer of the vessel was Commander Sinsy Nghipandua.The vessel is utilised by the Namibian Navy for general Exclusive Economic Zone management.^[4]

References

^ "Namibian Navy receives new ship". January 27, 2009.
^ Namibian, The. "First vessel for NDF Navy arrives". The Namibian.
^ "Namibia Navy".
^ "Namibia Navy to auction long-serving warship". October 19, 2012.

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[1] "Namibian Navy receives new ship". January 27, 2009.

[2] Namibian, The. "First vessel for NDF Navy arrives". The Namibian.

[3] "Namibia Navy".

[4] "Namibia Navy to auction long-serving warship". October 19, 2012.

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