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Revision as of 09:40, 30 April 2016
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South Africa | |
Namesake | Marthinus Wessel Pretorius |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun[1]: 239 |
Laid down | 21 November 1961 |
Launched | 28 September 1962 |
Christened | President Pretorius, F145 |
Commissioned | 18 March 1964 |
Homeport | Simonstown |
Nickname(s) | 'PP' |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | President-class frigate[2] |
Displacement | 2144 tons (2557 tons loaded) |
Length | 370 ft (110 m) |
Beam | 41 ft (12.5 m) |
Draught | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 steam turbines, 2 boilers, 25,000 shp (19 MW) |
Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Complement | 250 |
Sensors and processing systems | Sonar, Radar |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Wasp helicopter |
The SAS President Pretorius was a frigate of the South African Navy, decommisioned in 1985.
History
SAS President Pretorius was one of three President-class type 12 frigates obtained by the South African Navy in the 1960s following the Simonstown Agreement with the Royal Navy. She was launced on 28 September 1962 by Mrs Mientjie Grobelaar, wife of General PH Grobelaar.[1]: 223 Her first captain was Captain James Johnson, later Chief of the Navy.
She was decommisioned in 1985 due to manpower shortages and lack of funs.[1]: 237
References
- ^ a b c Du Toit, A (1992). South Africa's Fighting Ships Past and Present. Ashanti Publishing. ISBN 1 874800 50 2.
- ^ "Shipbuilding and Shipping Record: A Journal of Shipbuilding, Marine Engineering, Docks, Harbours & Shipping". Shipbuilding and Shipping Record: A Journal of Shipbuilding, Marine Engineering, Docks, Harbours & Shipping. 100: 385, 449. 1962. Retrieved 14 October 2014.