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The South African Valour class frigates are the major surface ships of the South African Navy.

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The German manufacturer designates them as the MEKO A-200SAN class, member of its MEKO family of naval ships. They were designed and built using principles of stealthy design, including the extensive use of "X-form" structure design in which right angles and vertical surfaces are avoided and techniques to reduce the infrared signature, such as exiting the exhaust below the waterline.

Blohm + Voss, the designers, claim the class has the radar signature of a vessel half its size,

South African frigate SAS Amatola (F145)
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South African frigate SAS Amatola (F145)
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South African frigate SAS Amatola (F145)
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