The ''Sarah Baartman'' is a South African environmental protection vessel—of the

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class. The ''Sarah Baartman'' was commissioned on 10 January 2005. Named after Khoikhoi woman,

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, she was built by

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, of the

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, at one of its

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n shipyards, and was designed to be capable of patrolling South Africa's entire EEZ, including the area around the southerly

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. On 3 October 2007 the ''Sarah Baartman'' took custody of two men accused of murdering a fellow crew member of the South African

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'' S. A. Agulhas''. The South African government has been criticized for chartering the ''Sarah Baartman'' to support offshore oil drilling. The vessels carry limited equipment for enclosing and skimming oil spills, and fire-fighting water cannons.

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