List of decommissioned ships of the South African Navy

The following is a list of decommissioned ships of the South African Navy.

Mine laying and anti-mine vessels

Minesweeping whalers

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Hector Class	HMSAS Soetvlei
Hector class	HMSAS Brakvlei
Hector class	HMSAS Hektor
	HMSAS Swartberg
	HMSAS Oostewal
	HMSAS Steenberg
	HMSAS Stellenberg
	HMSAS Kommetje
	HMSAS Florida
	HMSAS Imhoff
	HMSAS Grimwood
	HMSAS Natalia		T02			Returned to owner after war. Fate unknown.	Built in 1925 and converted as minesweeper in 1941
	HMSAS Larsen
	HMSAS Robinson
	HMSAS Goulding
	HMSAS Whytock	MV Charles Whytock	T07	27 June 1940	9 September 1944	First sold to Wheelocks, Shanghai 28 June 1946. Sale was cancelled after collapse of company was re-sold to Knysna Cold Storage & Fisheries Corp in 1948. Registered as MV Knysna.	Built by Nylands MV, Oslo, Norway in 1924. Requisitioned from Premier Whaling Co. Durban, South Africa. Scuttled off Port Elizabeth on 31 March 1952.[1]
	HMSAS Langlaagte	MV Southern Sun (1922) MV Albert Hulett (1936)	T41	February 1941	21 January 1946	Sold to LHC Corp on 25 June 1946	Built by Smith's Dock & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough. Requisitioned from Union Whaling Co. Durban, South Africa on 8 September 1940.[2]
	HMSAS Parktown	MV Southern Sky (1929) MV Sidney Smith (1936)	T39	February 1941	1942	Sunk in action with E Boats off Tobruk on 21 June 1942.	Built by Smith's Dock & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough. Requisitioned from Union Whaling Co. Durban, South Africa on 8 September 1940.[2]
	HMSAS Johannesburg	Margarita Molins Mossa Medes MV Suderoy III	T56	20 August 1942		Laid up in March 1946. Handed over to the Royal Navy for disposal on 17 April 1946.	Built by Porsgrund Mek Verksted, Tonsberg, Norway in 1925. Requisitioned from Suderoy Whaling Company on 3 July 1941.[3]
	HMSAS Parktown	MV Lobito MV Suderoy MV Suderoy I	T55	November 1941		Laid up on 21 September 1944. Handed over to the Royal Navy for disposal on 17 April 1946.	Built by Jarlso Vaerft, Tonsberg, Norway in 1925. Requisitioned from Suderoy Whaling Company on 3 July 1941.[3]
	HMSAS Springs	MV Tas I MV Uni I	T38	20 March 1941	20 July 1945	Sold by auction back to Union Whaling Company of Durban 7 May 1946	Built by Moss Værft & Dokk, Moss, Norway for the Fraternitas Whaling Company in 1930. Later bought by the Union Whaling Company of Durban, South Africa. Requisitioned in August 1940.[4]
	HMSAS Nigel	MV Tas II MV Uni II	T40	10 March 1941	11 January 1945	Sold by auction to Palestine Fishing Company of Durban 7 May 1946	Built by Moss Værft & Dokk, Moss, Norway for the Fraternitas Whaling Company in 1930. Later bought by the Union whaling Company of Durban, South Africa. Requisitioned in August 1940.[4]
	HMSAS Germiston	MV Foik (1923) MV Star VI MV Tas IV MV Uni IV (1937)	T47	22 September 1941	9 September 1944	Sold to private owner 7 May 1946	Built by Akers Shipyards, Oslo, Denmark in 1923. Requisitioned from Union Whaling Company, Durban, South Africa.[5]
	HMSAS Krugersdorp	MV Alex Lange (1923) MV Star VII MV Tas V MV Uni V (1937).	T48	21 June 1941	22 August 1944	Sold to private owner 7 May 1946	Built by Akers Shipyards, Oslo, Denmark in 1923. Requisitioned from Union Whaling Company, Durban, South Africa.[5]
	HMSAS Roodepoort
	HMSAS Boksburg
	HMSAS Bever
	HMSAS Gribb
	HMSAS Seksern
	HMSAS Treern
	HMSAS Randfontein
	HMSAS Benoni

Minesweeping trawlers

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Mersey class	HMSAS Immortelle	MV Thomas Johns (1918) and HMS Eden (1920)		1 April 1922	31 March 1934	Returned to RN and reverted to HMS Eden.[6]	Builder: Cochrane & Sons, Selby, Yorkshire, England, 1918.
Mersey class	HMSAS Sonneblom	John Edmund (1918) and HMS Foyle (1920)		1 April 1922	31 March 1934	Returned to RN and reverted to HMS Foyle.[6]	Builder: Goole Shipbuilding and Repair Company, Goole, Hampshire, England, 1918.
Bluff class	HMSAS Aristea			28 November 1939	27 December 1944	Builder: Hall Russell, Aberdeen, 1935. Requisitioned from Irvin & Johnson.
Bluff class	HMSAS Babiana			18 September 1939	27 December 1944	Returned to owner.	Builder: Hall Russell, Aberdeen, 1934. Requisitioned from Irvin & Johnson.[7]
Bluff class	HMSAS Bluff			12 September 1939	27 December 1944	Returned to owner.	Builder: Hall Russell, Aberdeen, 1934. Requisitioned from Irvin & Johnson.[7]
Bluff class	HMSAS Crassula			17 October 1939	25 October 1944	Returned to owner and scrapped 1968.	Builder: Hall Russell, Aberdeen, 1935. Requisitioned from Irvin & Johnson[7]
Disa class	HMSAS Arum		T10	4 November 1939	26 October 1944	Returned to owner	Builder: Hall Russell, Aberdeen, 1926. Requisitioned from Irvin & Johnson.[8]
Disa class	HMSAS Disa		T15	5 September 1939	16 June 1940	Returned to owner	Builder: Hall Russell, Aberdeen, 1924. Requisitioned from Irvin & Johnson.[8]
Disa Class	HMSAS Nerine		T11	4 November 1939	26 October 1944	Returned to owner.	Builder: Hall Russell, Aberdeen, 1925. Requisitioned from Irvin & Johnson.[8]
Castle class	HMSAS Algoa Bay
Castle class	HMSAS David Haigh
Strath class	HMSAS Richard Bennett
Gadfly Class	HMSAS Africana		T501 and later T01	10 September 1939	10 April 1947	Returned to Sea Fisheries	Built by Hall Russell, Aberdeen Scotland (1930). Requisitioned from South African Department of Sea Fisheries.[9]

Minesweepers

Ton class minesweeper

Algerine class minesweeper

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Ton Class	SAS Durban		M1499			Museum ship in Durban
Ton Class	SAS East London	HMS Chilton	M1215			Sold to Italian film company
Ton Class	SAS Johannesburg	HMS Castleton	M1207
Ton Class	SAS Kaapstad	HMS Hazleton HMS Blue Firefly	P1557 M1210
Ton Class	SAS Kimberley	HMS Stratton	M1210
Ton Class	SAS Mosselbaai	HMS Oakington	M1213
Ton Class	SAS Port Elizabeth	HMS Dumbleton	M1212
Ton Class	SAS Pretoria	HMS Dunkerton HMS Golden Firefly	P1556 M1144				Museum ship in Hout Bay
Ton Class	SAS Walvisbaai	HMS Packington	M1214			Sold to The Walt Disney Company
Ton Class	SAS Windhoek		M1498
Algerine Class	SAS Pietermaritzburg	HMS Pelorus J-291)	M291			Scuttled in Smitswinkel Bay
Algerine Class	HMSAS Bloemfontein	HMS Rosamund	M439			Expended as target on 5 June 1967 in False Bay

Mine layers

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
	HMSAS Skilpad	German trawler Polaris HMS Spindrift in 1940 HMSAS Skilpad in 1951		5 July 1943		Sold for scrap	Originally German trawler Polaris, captured by HMS Arrow off Norway on 26 April 1940. Broken up in Durban in 1957.[10]

Submarines

Agosta Class submarine. Ordered by the South African Navy but never delivered due to arms embargo.

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Daphne Class	SAS Spear	SAS Maria van Riebeeck	S97	24 Jul 1970 '[11]	2003	Scrapped	Originally named for the wife of Jan van Riebeeck (first Cape Colony commander) Maria van Riebeeck
Daphne Class	SAS Umkhonto	SAS Emily Hobhouse	S98	26 Feb 1971	2008	Scrapped	Named for Emily Hobhouse
Daphne class	SAS Assegaai	SAS Johanna van der Merwe	S99	27 Aug 1971		Awaiting transfer to Naval Museum	Named for Voortrekker heroine Johanna van der Merwe
Agosta Class	SAS Adventurous					Not delivered; sold to Pakistan as PNS Hurmat[12]	Built by Dubigeon-Normandie Nantes, France. Launched 1 December 1978 and completed 18 February 1980. These vessels were ordered from France, but were embargoed (United Nations Security Council Resolution 418 in 1977) on 8 November 1977 with South African crews on board.
Agosta Class	SAS Astrant					Not delivered; sold to Pakistan as PNS Hashmat[12]	Built by Dubigeon-Normandie Nantes, France. Launched 14 December 1977 and completed 17 February 1979. These vessels were ordered from France, but were embargoed (United Nations Security Council Resolution 418 in 1977) on 8 November 1977 with South African crews on board.

Anti-submarine

Anti-submarine whalers and trawlers

SAS Immortelle, circa 1935

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
AS Whaler	HMSAS Blaauwberg
AS Whaler	HMSAS Cedarberg
AS Whaler	HMSAS Sydostlandet
AS Whaler	HMSAS Odberg
AS Whaler	HMSAS Rondevlei
AS Whaler	HMSAS Smalvlei
AS Whaler	HMSAS Tordonn
AS Whaler	HMSAS Pretoria
AS Whaler	HMSAS Turffontein
AS Whaler	HMSAS Vereeniging
AS Whaler	HMSAS Standerton
Southern class	HMSAS Southern Floe
Southern class	HMSAS Southern Maid
Southern Class	HMSAS Southern Barrier
Southern class	HMSAS Southern Isles
Southern class	HMSAS Southern Sea
Terje class	HMSAS Brakpan
Terje class	HMSAS Protea
Terje class	HMSAS Sonneblom
Terje class	HMSAS Immortelle
AS Trawler	HMSAS Blomvlei
AS Trawler	HMSAS Mooivlei

Frigates

HMS Swale, later to become HMSAS Swale

Loch Class frigate

Rothesay (President) Class frigate with a Whiskey type submarine

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
River Class	SAS Teviot	HMS Teviot (K222)		10 June 1942	January 1946	Returned to Royal Navy in 1946.	Built by Hall Russell, Aberdeen, Scotland. Sold on 29 March 1955 and broken up for scrap.[13]
River Class	HMSAS Swale	HMS Swale (K217)		1 August 1945	March 1946	Returned to Royal Navy in 1946.	Built by Smith's Dock, Middlesbrough and launched in 1942. Sold on 26 February 1955 for scrap.[13]
Loch Class	SAS Good Hope	HMS Loch Boisdale (K432)	F432	5 July 1944.[14]		Scuttled in Smitswinkel Bay, 12 December 1978.	Built by Blythe D.D. & Co
Loch Class	SAS Natal	HMS Loch Cree (K430)	F430 and then A301	19 June 1944[15]		Sunk as a target off the Cape, 19 September 1972.	Used as a survey ship from 1957.
Loch Class	SAS Transvaal	HMS Loch Ard K602	F602	2 August 1944[15]		Scuttled in Smitswinkel Bay 3, August 1978.	Built by Harland & Wolf.
Type 15 Anti-Submarine	SAS Vrystaat	HMS Wrangler (R48)	F157	1956	1963	Paid off into reserve.	Sunk as submarine target 14 April 1976.[16]
President Class [Notes 1][17]	SAS President Pretorius		F145	18 March 1964	1985	Sold for scrap 1990.[17]	Named for the first President of the South African Republic Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
President Class	SAS President Kruger		F150	1962	Sunk 1982	Sunk after a collision with SAS Tafelberg on 18 February 1982.[17]	Named for South African Republic President Paul Kruger.
President Class	SAS President Steyn		F147	8 April 1963	1980	Used as a target and sunk by missile on 29 April 1991.[17]	Named for last President of the Orange Free State Martinus Theunis Steyn

Destroyers

SAS Jan van Riebeeck pictured when still named HMS Wessex

HMSAS Simon van der Stel (Photo when still named HMS Whelp underway on the Tyne, 1944)

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
W Class	SAS Jan van Riebeeck	HMS Wessex	D278	1950		Continued in service until 1978 when she was put on the Disposal List. She was finally expended as a missile target on 25 March 1980.	Wessex was transferred to the South African Navy on 29 March 1950 and renamed Jan van Riebeeck after the Dutch founder of Cape Town Jan van Riebeeck. She was modernised with a partial conversion into a frigate between 1964 and 1966.
W Class	SAS Simon van der Stel	HMS Whelp	D237	1952		Placed in reserve from 1957,[18] but was modernised as a Type 15 frigate (in common with other destroyers of her generation) from 1962 to 1964, and re-commissioned in February 1964.[19]Simon van der Stel was scrapped in 1976 at Durban.[19]	Sold to South Africa as the replacement for HMSAS Natal (formerly HMS Loch Cree) in 1952.[20] Renamed Simon van der Stel, after the 17th century colonist reputed to be the founder of the South African wine industry. Much of Simon van der Stel′s service was as a "grey ambassador", on good-will visits to Europe and Europe's African colonies, including a 147-day cruise to Europe in 1954. This role, however, declined as South Africa became increasingly isolated during the apartheid years.[21]

Corvettes

Ordered from France in 1976, but the sale was blocked in 1977 by United Nations Security Council Resolution 418 after official naming, but before they could be delivered or commissioned.

ARA Drummond, originally built as SAS Good Hope

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
A69 Class	SAS Good Hope		F432				Vessel was ordered from France, commissioned and South African crew were aboard receiving training when the sale was blocked in 1977. Subsequently sold to Argentina as ARA Drummond.
A69 Class	SAS Transvaal		F602				Vessel was ordered from France, named and crew trained in France. Delivery cancelled due to the arms embargo. Subsequently sold to Argentina as ARA Guerrico.

Fast attack craft

Strike craft

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Warrior Class [Notes 2]		SAS Jan Smuts	P1561	8 July 1977[22]	2004	Scrapped 2004	Built by Israel Shipyards Ltd, Haifa, Israel. Originally named after PM of Union of South Africa Jan Smuts[23]
Warrior Class	SAS Shaka	SAS P.W. Botha	P1562	2 December 1977[22]	2005	Sunk as target 2005[24]	Built by Israel Shipyards Ltd, Haifa, Israel.[23] Originally named for former President of South Africa Pieter Willem Botha
Warrior Class	SAS Adam Kok	SAS Frederic Creswell	P1563	6 April 1978		Awaiting disposal[25]	Built by Israel Shipyards Ltd, Haifa, Israel.[23] Originally named for South African Labour Party minister Frederic Creswell and renamed for black South African leader Adam Kok III
Warrior Class	SAS Sekhukhuni	SAS Jim Fouché	P1564	22 December 1978	2005	Sunk as target 2005[25]	Built by Sandock Austral, Durban, South Africa.[23] Originally named after 2nd President of South Africa Jacobus Johannes Fouché
Warrior Class	SAS René Sethren	SAS Oswald Pirow	P1566	4 March 1980		Awaiting disposal[25]	Built by Sandock Austral, Durban, South Africa.[23] Originally named after National Party minister Oswald Pirow and renamed for decorated HMSAS officer René Sethren CGM
Warrior Class	SAS Job Masego	SAS Kobie Coetsee	P1568	11 February 1983	2008	Sold for scrap[25]	Built by Sandock Austral, Durban, South Africa.[23] Originally named after National Party politician Kobie Coetsee; renamed after Cpl Job Masego of the Native Military Corps

Defence vessels

Boom defence vessels

Boom defence vessels were used to maintain anti-submarine nets and anti-torpedo nets around ports, anchorages and individual ships.

HMS Barcross (1943), later renamed SAS Somerset.

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Bar class	SAS Somerset	HMS Barcross, retained the name HMSAS Barcross until 1951. Renamed SAS Somerset 1951		Transferred to S A Navy on 21 January 1943	31 March 1986	Used as a museum ship, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront as from 2 September 1988[26]	Built by Blythe S.B. Co (1942).
Bar class	SAS Fleur	HMS Barbrake retained the name HMSAS Barbrake until 1951. Renamed SAS Fleur 1951		Transferred to S A Navy on 15 February 1943		Sunk by naval gunfire near Simonstown on 8 October 1965[26]	Built by William Simons & Co, Renfrew, Scotland (1942)

Seaward defence boats

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Ford Class	SAS Gelderland	HMS Brayford HMSAS Gelderland	P3105	30 August 1954	1988	Stripped and expended as a demolition target off Duiker Point. 21 December 1988	Built by A&J Ingles Ltd, Glasgow. Laid down 1951 and launched 19 February 1952. Transferred to SA Navy 1954.[27]
Ford Class	SAS Nautilus	HMS Glassford HMSAS Nautilus	P3120	23 August 1955	17 October 1985	Laid up in Simon's Town. Sold by public tender in 1989 and converted to yacht Nautilus in Cape Town.	Built by Richard Dunston Ltd, Doncaster. Laid down 1952 and launched 28 March 1955. Transferred to SA Navy 1955.[27]
Ford Class	SAS Rijger	HMSAS Rijger	P3125	6 October 1958		Paid off at Simon's Town. Converted into a re-usable missile target barge. Approved for disposal 1992	Built for South African Navy by Vosper Ltd, Portsmouth. Laid down 1956 and launched 6 February 1958.[27]
Ford Class	SAS Haerlem	HMSAS Haerlem	P3126	2 June 1959	1987	Scuttled off Humewood Beach, Port Elizabeth as artificial reef on 30 November 1987.	Built for South African Navy by Vosper Ltd, Portsmouth. Laid down 1957, launched 18 June 1958 and completed on 28 November 1958.[27]
Ford Class	SAS Oosterland	HMSAS Oosterland	P3127	8 September 1959		Paid off at Durban. Converted into a re-usable missile target barge. Sold to private owner in Hout Bay in 1990.	Built for South African Navy by Vosper Ltd, Portsmouth. Laid down 1958, launched 27 January 1959 and completed on 8 September 1959.[27]

Harbour defence motor launches

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
HDML 1100-1300 Series[28]	HDML 1197		HDML1197	24 July 1943	1966	Sold 1966	Built by Fred Nichols, Durban. Attached to SAS Unitie and later SAS Saldanha. Renamed Windward II after sale.[29]
HDML 1100-1300 Series[30]	HDML 1198		HDML1198	26 July 1943	1956	Sold	Built by Fred Nichols, Durban. Attached to Salisbury Island.[29]
HDML 1100-1300 Series[30]	HDML 1199		HDML1199	20 July 1943		Sold 1955	Built by Fred Nichols, Durban. Attached to SAS Inkonkoni until 1948. Used as a ferry on Salisbury Island from 1948 - 1950.[29]
HDML 1100-1300 Series[30]	HDML 1200		HDML1200	4 August 1943	8 September 1969	Sold	Built by Fred Nichols, Durban. Attached to SAS Donkin. Renamed Venture. after sale to private owner.[29]
HDML 1100-1300 Series[30]	HDML 1201		HDML1201	6 August 1943	1959	Sold	Built by Fred Nichols, Durban. Attached to Naval Dockyard, Simon's Town.[29]
HDML 1100-1300 Series[30]	HDML 1202		HDML1202	3 September 1943	1962	Sold 1962	Built by Fred Nichols, Durban. Attached to SAS Port Rex and later SAS Donkin. Damaged in collision in 1959.[29]
HDML 1100-1300 Series[30]	HDML 1203		HDML1203	22 July 1943	1968	Sold 1968	Built by Herbie Spradbrow, Durban. Attached to SAS Port Rex and later transferred to SAS Inkonkoni.[29]
HDML 1100-1300 Series[30]	HDML 1204		HDML1204	10 December 1943	1976	Sold 1976	Built by Herbie Spradbrow, Durban. Attached to SAS Robbeneiland. Used as ferry between Cape Town and Murry's Harbour on Robben Island. Transferred to Military Academy, Saldanha in 1971.[29]
HDML 1100-1300 Series[30]	HDML 1330		HDML1330	23 June 1944	1953	Sold for scrap 1953	Built by Fred Nichols, Durban.[29]
HDML 1100-1300 Series[30]	HDML 1331		HDML1331	28 June 1944	1952	Sold 1953	Built by Fred Nichols, Durban. Attached to Salisbury Island.[29]
HDML 1100-1300 Series[30]	HDML 1332		HDML1332	28 June 1944	1958	Sold 1958	Built by Fred Nichols, Durban. Attached to SAS Unitie.[29]

Depot/replenishment ships

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
	HMSAS Afrikander	HMS Tickler (1879) HMS YC229 (1902)		15 June 1923		Returned to Royal Navy	Builder: Pembroke Dock, England, 1879. Renamed HMS Afrikander II in 1933. Broken up for scrap, Simons Town 1937.[31]
	SAS Tafelberg	Danish SS Annam	A243	10 August 1967		Sold for scrap	Built by Nakskovs Skibsvaerft, Denmark and completed on 23 October 1958.[32]
	SAS Outeniqua	Aleksandr Sledzyuk Juvent	A302	8 June 1993	30 July 2004	Sold for conversion to floating accommodation vessel on the River Tyne, UK.[33]	Built by Khersonski Sudnobudivny in Zavod-Kherson, Ukraine, launched 6 September 1991 as Alexander Sledzuk. After 12 months charter service renamed as Juvent. Purchased on behalf of the SA Navy on February 26, 1993 as replacement for SAS Tafelberg. In 1994 modifications to hangar, flight deck, replenishment at sea equipment and the fitting of light armament were done to permit conversion to combat support vessel. Sold to Mertech Marine (Pty) Ltd and renamed Paardeburg. Sold again in 2006 to C&M Gp. and became Ice Maiden I in 2007.[33]

Other vessels

Air-sea rescue launches

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Type 1 HSL	R0	HMS Malmok	R0	1940	1946	Sold after having her engines removed.	Built by British Power Boat Company, Hythe, Southampton.[34]
PT boat	R1 to R8		R1 to R8	1941		R1, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 sold 1946-8. R2 sold in 1950s. R4 sold in 1960s.	Built by Miami Shipbuilding Corporation, Florida, USA.[34]
PT boat	R10 to R20		R10 to R20	1944		R10 broken up in 1946 after grounding. R12, 14, 15, 16 and 17 sold in 1950s. R11, 18, 19 and 20 sold in the 1960s.	Built by Miami Shipbuilding Corporation, Florida, USA.[34]
	P1551	R31	P1551	1962			Built by Kogerwerft, Redsburg, West Germany.[34]
	P1552	R30	P1552	1961	1988	Lost off Saldanah Bay on 7 October 1988 after striking a reef off Danger Point.	Built by Kogerwerft, Redsburg, West Germany.[34]
PT boat	P1553	R9	P1553	1944	1973	Sold to private owner. Renamed Circe, Hout Bay.	Built by Miami Shipbuilding Corporation, Florida, USA.[34]
	P1554		P1554	1973	1986	Sold to private owner.	Built by Groves & Gutteridge, Cowes, UK.[34]
	P1555		P1555	1973			Built by Groves & Gutteridge, Cowes, UK.[34]
	P1558		P1558	1977	1986	Sunk as a gunnery target on 15 September 1988 during Exercise Magersfontein	Built by Dorman Long Van der Bijl Corporation, Durban South Africa in 1976. Built for the Malawi Defence Force for use on Lake Malawi. With the revolution in Mozambique in 1977 the planned delivery route via northern Mozambique was no longer viable. The ship was subsequently handed over to the South African Navy.[35]

Hydrographic survey

Flower Class corvette. The SAS Protea was converted to a hydrographic survey vessel by the conversion of such a corvette.

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Hunt class	HMSAS Protea	Ventnor (1917) SS Verwood (1918) HMS Crozier (1919)		1 April 1922	30 April 1933	Returned to RN 30 April 1933	Builder: William Simons & Co, Renfrew, Scotland, 1919. Sold by tender to Protea Showboat (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town.[36]
Flower class corvette	SAS Protea	HMS Rockrose HMSAS Protea	K51	4 October 1947	January 1957	Paid off to reserve. Sold by tender in 1962. Broken up, Table Bay, 1967.[37]	Builder: C. Hill & Sons, Bristol, 1941. Converted to survey vessel in 1946.
	A331	Department of Transport RV RSA	A331	23 April 1978	17 March 1980	Transferred back to South African Department of Transport.	Built by Fujinagata Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Ltd, Osaka, Japan.[38]

Training ships

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Mersey Class	SATS General Botha	HMS Thames		1 April 1922	30 April 1933	Scuttled in False Bay in 1947	Named for the first PM of the Union of South Africa Louis Botha
	SAS Navigator						Built by Fred Nicols (Pty) Ltd, Durban, South Africa.

Salvage vessels

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
	SAS Gamtoos	SS Gamtoos	W122	10 October 1942	1946	Transferred to Department of Agriculture in 1946. Expended as a target on 10 June 1976.	Builder: Scott & Sons, Glasgow, Scotland, 1936. Bought from Smiths Coasters, Durban in 1942.[39]
King Salvor class	HMSAS Salvestor	RFA Salvestor		31 August 1944	1946	Returned to Royal Navy	Built by William Simons & Co, Renfrew, Scotland. Launched 28 August 1942. Operated by SANF personnel in the Mediterranean and Far East. Broken up for scrap at Briton Ferry in 1970.[40]
	SAS Fleur		P3148			Sold to Neill Scott-Williams in 2010 and deployed to Subtech Marine of Durban as a Support/Supply Vessel	Built by Dorman & Long, Durban, South Africa (1969). Torpedo recovery and diving tender.

Cable layer vessels

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
	HMSAS Mead	MV Kilmeade		27 August 1942	1947	Returned to owners in August 1947	Builder: Smith's Dock Co. Ltd, Glasgow, Middlesbrough, 1919. Requisitioned from Smiths Coasters, Durban in 1942.[41]

Examination vessels

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
	HMSAS Clara
	HMSAS Stork
	HMSAS William Messina

Tugs

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Tug	SAS De Noord			1963	2014		Replaced by new Damen Tug
Tug	SAS De Neys			1969	2015		Replaced by new Damen Tug
Tug	SAS De Mist			1978	2016		Replaced by new Damen Tug

See also

• List of ships of the South African Navy
• Simonstown Agreement

Notes

1. Commonly known as Rothesay class frigates
2. Previously Minister Class

Footnotes

1. Du Toit 1992, pp. 76–77.
2. Du Toit 1992, p. 81.
3. Du Toit 1992, p. 117.
4. Du Toit 1992, p. 83.
5. Du Toit 1992, p. 87.
6. Du Toit 1992, p. 9.
7. Du Toit 1992, p. 38.
8. Du Toit 1992, p. 40.
9. Du Toit 1992, p. 35.
10. Du Toit 1992, p. 146.
11. Bennett 2008, p. 233.
12. Du Toit 1992, p. 289.
13. Du Toit 1992, p. 157.
14. Janes 2000, p. 95.
15. Janes 2000, p. ?.
16. Du Toit 1992, p. 205.
17. Lenton 1967, p. ?.
18. Wessels, Andre (2004). "Snelstomers : torpedojaers in Suid-Afrikaanse Vlootdiens, 1950-1975 (abstract)". Electronic Publishing. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
19. Mason, Whelp
20. Mason, Lt. Cdr. Geoffrey B. (2005). "HMS LOCH CREE/HMSAS NATAL - Loch-class Frigates". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
21. "Unlikely Ambassadors". South African Navy. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
22. Wessels, Andre. "The South African Navy during the years of conflict in Southern Africa 1966-1989" (PDF). Retrieved August 14, 2014.
23. Du Toit 1992, p. 309.
24. Bennett 2008, p. 95.
25. Bennett 2008, p. ?.
26. Du Toit 1992, p. 144.
27. Du Toit 1992, pp. 208-210.
28. Janes 1989, pp. 95-96.
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References

• Bennett, CH (2008). South Africa's Navy. SA Navy. ISBN 978-0-620-41446-3.
• Du Toit, Allan (1992). South Africa's Fighting Ships: Past and Present. Rivonia, South Africa: Ashanti Publishing. ISBN 1-874800-50-2.
• Janes Fighting Ships of World War II. Random House. 2001. ISBN 1-85170-494-9.
• Janes Fighting Ships of World War II (1945/46 Ed). Random House. 1989 Litho reprint. ISBN 1-85170-494-9. Check date values in: |date= (help)
• Lenton, H. T. (1967). Warships of the British & Commonwealth navies. Allan.

External links

• South African Naval Museum
• History of the South African Navy