South Africa's Fighting Ships: Past and Present

20mm Oerlikon Admiralty anti-submarine April Armament arrived August Beam boats British Builder built Cape Town class frigates coast coastal command commissioned convoy corvettes crew deck depth charges destroyer diesel Disposal Dockyard Drakensberg Draught Durban equipment escort fitted fleet Gamtoos harbour HDML Hektor HMSAS hull Island knots laid later launched Loch class Loch class frigates Machinery Maria van Riebeeck marine Maritime Mediterranean minehunters minesweepers Name Previous Natal Naval Museum naval service November officers operations Particulars Length patrol Port Elizabeth President Kruger President Pretorius President Steyn Pretoria Protea recommissioned refit renamed rescue RNVR(SA Royal Navy sailed Saldanha Bay salvage SANF Seaward Defence Force September Shafts ship's ships Simon's Town sister sold Sonneblom South African Navy Southern strike craft submarine survey Table Bay Tafelberg tion tons torpedo towed Transvaal trawlers triple-expansion reciprocating engine Union units vessels Walvis Bay warships whale catchers Whaling Company whilst