SAS Makhanda
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= {{nowrap|South Africa}} |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|South Africa|naval}} |Ship name= SAS Makhanda |Ship namesake= named for the Xhosa warrior Makhanda |Ship ordered= |Ship builder= Sandock Austral, Durban |Ship operator=South African Navy |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 4 July 1986 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport=Naval Base Durban |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship status={{Ship in active service}} |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= Warrior class strike craft |Ship type=Missile boat |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement=415 tons (450 tons full loaded) |Ship length={{convert|58|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|7.62|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|2.4|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=4 MTU 16V 538 diesel engines, four shafts, total of {{Convert|12800|hp|kW|abbr=on}} |Ship sail plan= |Ship speed={{convert|34|kn}} |Ship range=*{{Convert|4000|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{Convert|17.5|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
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SAS Makhanda (formerly SAS Magnus Malan) is a {{sclass2|Warrior|strike craft|1}} of the South African Navy, currently configured as an Offshore Patrol Vessel.
She was commissioned in 1986 and originally named {{SAS|Magnus Malan}} for South African Party minister of defence Magnus Malan, she was renamed on 1 April 1997.{{cite web | url=http://humanities.ufs.ac.za/dl/userfiles/Documents/00001/1095_eng.pdf | title=The South African Navy during the years of conflict in Southern Africa 1966-1989 | accessdate=August 14, 2014 | author=Wessels, Andre | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233250/http://humanities.ufs.ac.za/dl/userfiles/Documents/00001/1095_eng.pdf | archivedate=December 2, 2013 }} She was converted in 2012/2013 to an Offshore Patrol Vessel role.{{cite web | url=http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35514:revamped-strike-craft-ready-for-counter-piracy-duty&catid=108:maritime-security&Itemid=233 | title=Revamped strike craft ready for counter-piracy duty | publisher=Defenceweb.co.za | date=17 July 2014 | accessdate=18 July 2014}}
The {{SAS|Makhanda}} is currently{{When|date=May 2023}} employed with anti piracy patrols.{{cite web | url=http://www.marsecreview.com/2014/07/sas-makhanda-on-anti-piracy-duty/ | title=SAS Makhanda on anti-piracy duty | publisher=Maritime Security Review | date=July 17, 2014 | accessdate=December 9, 2014 | author=Rider, David}}
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