ELEPHANT-class multi-role patrol ship

 1 ELEPHANT-class PATROL SHIP (PS)

 Name       Pendant    Launched        Commissioned    Status
 ELEPHANT   S-11       December 2011   Sept. 7, 2012   Active

The ELEPHANT is a multi-role patrol ship that Namibia purchased from China. It is used for patrol, training, search-and-rescue and cargo and personnel transport missions. The ELEPHANT replaced the LT. GEN. JEROBEAM DIMO HAMAAMBO patrol ship, which was decommissioned on Aug. 13, 2012.

Two large lifeboats are carried...