List of decommissioned ships of the South African Navy

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, Shangai 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.
	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.
	HMSAS Parktown HMSAS Parktown (T39) HMSAS Parktown was a minesweeping whaler of the South African Naval Services that was sunk during the Second World War. She was built as the whaler Southern Sky for the Southern Whaling and Sealing Company in 1929 and sold in 1936 to the Union Whaling Company, acquiring the new name Sidney Smith...	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.
	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.
	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.
	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 Moss, Norway is a coastal city and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Moss. The city of Moss was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838... for the Fraternitas Whaling Company in 1930. Later bought by the Union Whaling Company of Durban, South Africa. Requisitioned in August 1940.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.	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.	Builder: Goole Shipbuilding and Repair Company, Goole, Hampshire, England, 1918.
Bluff class	HMSAS Aristea			28 November 1939	27 December 1944	Returned to owner.	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.
Bluff class	HMSAS Bluff			12 September 1939	27 December 1944	Returned to owner.	Builder: Hall Russell, Aberdeen, 1934. Requisitioned from Irvin & Johnson.
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
Disa class	HMSAS Arum		T10	4 November 1939	26 October 1944	Returned to owner	Builder: Hall Russell, Aberdeen, 1926. Requisitioned from Irvin & Johnson.
Disa class	HMSAS Disa		T15	5 September 1939	16 June 1940	Returned to owner	Builder: Hall Russell, Aberdeen, 1924. Requisitioned from Irvin & Johnson.
Disa Class	HMSAS Nerine		T11	4 November 1939	26 October 1944	Returned to owner.	Builder: Hall Russell, Aberdeen, 1925. Requisitioned from Irvin & Johnson.
Castle class	HMSAS Algoa Bay
Castle class	HMSAS David Haigh
Strath class	HMSAS Richard Bennett
Gadfly Class Ant class gunboat The Ant-class gunboat was a class of twenty-four Royal Navy flat-iron gunboats mounting a single 10-inch gun, built between 1870 and 1880. They carried no masts or sails, being among the first Royal Navy vessels not to do so. The last four vessels were ordered separately and are sometimes known as...	HMSAS Africana HMSAS Africana The HMSAS AfricanaHMSAS stands for "His Majesty's South African Ship" was a minesweeping trawler of the South African Seaward Defence Force during the Second World War. She was originally a sea fisheries research vessel and was latter fitted for mine-sweeping and survey duties in the early 1930s...		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.

Minesweepers

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Fate	Notes
Ton Class Ton class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...	SAS Durban		M1499
Ton Class Ton class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...	SAS East London	HMS Chilton	M1215	Sold to Italian film company
Ton Class Ton class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...	SAS Johannesburg	HMS Castleton	M1207
Ton Class Ton class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...	SAS Kaapstad	HMS Hazleton HMS Blue Firefly	P1557 M1210
Ton Class Ton class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...	SAS Kimberley	HMS Stratton	M1210
Ton Class Ton class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...	SAS Mosselbaai	HMS Oakington	M1213
Ton Class Ton class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...	SAS Port Elizabeth	HMS Dumbleton	M1212
Ton Class Ton class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...	SAS Pretoria	HMS Dunkerton HMS Golden Firefly	P1556 M1144		Museum ship Museum ship A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes... in Hout Bay Hout Bay Hout Bay is the name of a coastal suburb of Cape Town, South Africa with a mix of neighbourhoods from the very rich to the very poor. It lies in a valley on the Atlantic Seaboard of the Cape Peninsula and is twenty kilometres south of the Central Business District of Cape Town...
Ton Class Ton class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...	SAS Walvisbaai	HMS Packington	M1214	Sold to The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
Ton Class Ton class minesweeper The Ton class were coastal minesweepers built in the 1950s for the Royal Navy, but also used by other navies such as the South African Navy and the Royal Australian Navy...	SAS Windhoek		M1498
Algerine Class Algerine class minesweeper The Algerine-class was a class of minesweepers of the Royal Navy and the Commonwealth. 110 ships of the class were launched between 1942 and 1944 and served in World War II....	SAS Pietermaritzburg	HMS Pelorus HMS Pelorus (J291) HMS Pelorus was an , built by Lobnitz of Renfrew, Scotland and launched on 19 June 1943. While equipped with minesweeping gear, she was primarily assigned to convoy escort duty in the Atlantic... J-291)	M291	Scuttled in Smitswinkel Bay
Algerine Class Algerine class minesweeper The Algerine-class was a class of minesweepers of the Royal Navy and the Commonwealth. 110 ships of the class were launched between 1942 and 1944 and served in World War II....	SAS 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.

Submarines

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Daphne Daphne class submarine The Daphné class was a type of diesel-electric patrol submarines built in France between 1958 and 1970 for the French Navy and for export.-History:... Class	SAS Spear	SAS Maria van Riebeeck	S97	24 Jul 1970 '	2003	Scrapped	Originally named for the wife of Jan van Riebeeck Jan van Riebeeck Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town.-Biography:... (first Cape Colony commander) Maria van Riebeeck Maria van Riebeeck Maria van Riebeeck was the spouse of Jan van Riebeeck, the Dutch colonial administrator and first commander of the settlement at the Cape....
Daphne Daphne class submarine The Daphné class was a type of diesel-electric patrol submarines built in France between 1958 and 1970 for the French Navy and for export.-History:... Class	SAS Umkhonto	SAS Emily Hobhouse	S98	26 Feb 1971	2008	Scrapped	Named for Emily Hobhouse Emily Hobhouse Emily Hobhouse was a British welfare campaigner, who is primarily remembered for bringing to the attention of the British public, and working to change, the poor conditions inside the British concentration camps in South Africa built for Boer women and children during the Second Boer War.-Early...
Daphne Daphne class submarine The Daphné class was a type of diesel-electric patrol submarines built in France between 1958 and 1970 for the French Navy and for export.-History:... 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 Johanna van der Merwe Johanna Cornelia van der Merwe was a Voortrekker heroine who survived an impi attack on her trekking party at the Boesmans and Bloukrans Rivers on 17 February 1838, despite suffering more than twenty assegai wounds....
Agosta Class	SAS Adventurous					Not delivered; sold to Pakistan as PNS Hurmat	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 United Nations Security Council Resolution 418 United Nations Security Council Resolution 418, adopted unanimously on 4 November 1977, imposed a mandatory arms embargo against apartheid South Africa. This resolution differed from the earlier Resolution 282, which was only voluntary... in 1977) on 8 November 1977 with South African crews on board.
Agosta Class	SAS Astrant					Not delivered; sold to Pakistan as PNS Hurmat	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 whalers and trawlers

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

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
River Class River class frigate The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....	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.
River Class River class frigate The River class frigate was a class of 151 frigates launched between 1941 and 1944 for use as anti-submarine convoy escorts in the North Atlantic....	HMSAS Swale HMS Swale (K217) HMS Swale was a River class frigate of the Royal Navy from 1942–1955, loaned to the South African Navy for six months at the end of the Second world War.-Construction:Swale was built to the RN's specifications as a Group I River class frigate...	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.
Loch Class Loch class frigate The Loch class was a class of anti-submarine frigate built for the Royal Navy and her allies during World War II. They were an innovative design based on the experience of 3 years of fighting in the Battle of the Atlantic and attendant technological advances.-Design:The Lochs were based upon the...	SAS Good Hope	HMS Loch Boisdale (K432)	F432	5 July 1944.		Scuttled Scuttling Scuttling is the act of deliberately sinking a ship by allowing water to flow into the hull.This can be achieved in several ways—valves or hatches can be opened to the sea, or holes may be ripped into the hull with brute force or with explosives... in Smitswinkel Bay, 12 December 1978.	Built by Blythe D.D. & Co
Loch Class Loch class frigate The Loch class was a class of anti-submarine frigate built for the Royal Navy and her allies during World War II. They were an innovative design based on the experience of 3 years of fighting in the Battle of the Atlantic and attendant technological advances.-Design:The Lochs were based upon the...	SAS Natal	HMS Loch Cree (K430)	F430 and then A301	19 June 1944		Sunk as a target Target ship A target ship is a vessel — typically an obsolete or captured warship — used for naval gunnery practice or for weapons testing.-Rationale:Sinking redundant warships is an effective way of testing new weapons and warships in as realistic a manner as possible. Whilst practice torpedoes are fired... off the Cape Cape of Good Hope The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa.There is a misconception that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa, because it was once believed to be the dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. In fact, the... , 19 September 1972.	Used as a survey ship from 1957.
Loch Class Loch class frigate The Loch class was a class of anti-submarine frigate built for the Royal Navy and her allies during World War II. They were an innovative design based on the experience of 3 years of fighting in the Battle of the Atlantic and attendant technological advances.-Design:The Lochs were based upon the...	SAS Transvaal	HMS Loch Ard K602	F602	2 August 1944		Scuttled Scuttling Scuttling is the act of deliberately sinking a ship by allowing water to flow into the hull.This can be achieved in several ways—valves or hatches can be opened to the sea, or holes may be ripped into the hull with brute force or with explosives... in Smitswinkel Bay 3, August 1978.	Built by Harland & Wolf.
Type 15 Anti-Submarine Type 15 frigate The Type 15 frigate was a class of British anti-submarine frigates of the Royal Navy. They were conversions based on the hulls of World War II-era destroyers built to the standard War Emergency Programme "utility" design.-History:...	SAS Vrystaat	HMS Wrangler HMS Wrangler (R48) HMS Wrangler was an W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F157.... (R48)	F157	1956	1963	Paid off into reserve.	Sunk as submarine target 14 April 1976.
President Class Rothesay class frigate The Rothesay class, or Type 12M frigates were a class of frigates serving with the Royal Navy, South African Navy and the New Zealand Navy.... Commonly known as Rothesay class frigate Rothesay class frigate The Rothesay class, or Type 12M frigates were a class of frigates serving with the Royal Navy, South African Navy and the New Zealand Navy.... s	SAS President Pretorius		F145	18 March 1964	1985	Sold for scrap 1990.	Named for the first President of the South African Republic South African Republic The South African Republic , often informally known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century. Not to be confused with the present-day Republic of South Africa, it occupied the area later known as the South African... Marthinus Wessel Pretorius Marthinus Wessel Pretorius The son of the famous Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius was the first president of the South African Republic, and also compiled the constitution of the Republic....
President Class Rothesay class frigate The Rothesay class, or Type 12M frigates were a class of frigates serving with the Royal Navy, South African Navy and the New Zealand Navy....	SAS President Kruger SAS President Kruger (F150) The SAS President Kruger was a frigate of the South African Navy. She sank in 1982 with the loss of 16 lives after colliding with her replenishment ship, the SAS Tafelberg, in the South Atlantic.-History:...		F150	1962	Sunk 1982	Sunk after a collision with SAS Tafelberg SAS Tafelberg SAS Tafelberg was a replenishment ship of the South African Navy. The ship started life as the Danish tanker Annam before undergoing various conversions into her final configuration.-Early history:... on 18 February 1982.	Named for South African Republic President Paul Kruger Paul Kruger Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger , better known as Paul Kruger and affectionately known as Uncle Paul was State President of the South African Republic... .
President Class Rothesay class frigate The Rothesay class, or Type 12M frigates were a class of frigates serving with the Royal Navy, South African Navy and the New Zealand Navy....	SAS President Steyn		F147	8 April 1963	1980	Used as a target Target ship A target ship is a vessel — typically an obsolete or captured warship — used for naval gunnery practice or for weapons testing.-Rationale:Sinking redundant warships is an effective way of testing new weapons and warships in as realistic a manner as possible. Whilst practice torpedoes are fired... and sunk by missile on 29 April 1991.	Named for last President of the Orange Free State Orange Free State The Orange Free State was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province... Martinus Theunis Steyn Martinus Theunis Steyn Martinus Theunis Steyn was a South African lawyer, politician, and statesman, sixth and last president of the independent Orange Free State from 1896 to 1902....

Destroyers

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
W Class W and Z class destroyer The W and Z class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1943–1944. They were constructed as two flotillas, with names beginning with "W-" and "Z-", respectively, although, like the preceding U and V class, two of the flotilla leaders were named after historical naval...	SAS Jan van Riebeeck	HMS Wessex HMS Wessex (R78) HMS Wessex was a W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was to have been named HMS Zenith but was renamed in January 1943 before launching...	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 Dutch people The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United... founder of Cape Town Jan van Riebeeck Jan van Riebeeck Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town.-Biography:... . She was modernised with a partial conversion into a frigate between 1964 and 1966.
W Class W and Z class destroyer The W and Z class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1943–1944. They were constructed as two flotillas, with names beginning with "W-" and "Z-", respectively, although, like the preceding U and V class, two of the flotilla leaders were named after historical naval...	SAS Simon van der Stel	HMS Whelp HMS Whelp (R37) HMS Whelp was a W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that was ordered and launched during the Second World War. After completing trials in home waters, she joined the 27th Destroyer Flotilla, which was sent to the Far East via the Mediterranean...	D237	1952		Placed in reserve from 1957, but was modernised as a Type 15 frigate Type 15 frigate The Type 15 frigate was a class of British anti-submarine frigates of the Royal Navy. They were conversions based on the hulls of World War II-era destroyers built to the standard War Emergency Programme "utility" design.-History:... (in common with other destroyers of her generation) from 1962 to 1964, and re-commissioned in February 1964.Simon van der Stel was scrapped in 1976 at Durban.	Sold to South Africa as the replacement for HMSAS Natal (formerly HMS Loch Cree) in 1952. Renamed Simon van der Stel, after the 17th century colonist Simon van der Stel Simon van der Stel was the last Commander and first Governor of the Cape Colony, the Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.-Background:... 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.

Corvettes

Ordered from France in 1976, but the sale was blocked in 1977 by United Nations Security Council Resolution 418

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after official naming, but before they could be delivered or commissioned

Ship commissioning

Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service, and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning. The term is most commonly applied to the placing of a warship in active duty with its country's military...

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
A69 Class D'Estienne d'Orves class The A69 type Avisos are small warships mainly designed for coastal anti-submarine defence, but are also available for high sea escort missions . Built on a simple and robust design, they have an economical and reliable propulsion system which allows them to be used for overseas presence missions...	SAS Good Hope ARA Drummond (P-31) ARA Drummond is the lead ship of the Drummond class of three corvettes of the Argentine Navy. She is the second vessel to be named after Navy Sgt Francisco Drummond.-Service history:...		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. ARA Drummond (P-31) ARA Drummond is the lead ship of the Drummond class of three corvettes of the Argentine Navy. She is the second vessel to be named after Navy Sgt Francisco Drummond.-Service history:...
A69 Class D'Estienne d'Orves class The A69 type Avisos are small warships mainly designed for coastal anti-submarine defence, but are also available for high sea escort missions . Built on a simple and robust design, they have an economical and reliable propulsion system which allows them to be used for overseas presence missions...	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 ARA Guerrico (P-32) ARA Guerrico is a Drummond class corvette of the Argentine Navy. She is the first vessel to be named after Rear Admiral Martin Guerrico who fought in the 19th century War of the Triple Alliance.... .

Strike craft

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Warrior Class Previously Minister Class		SAS Jan Smuts	P1561	8 July 1977	2004	Scrapped 2004	Built by Israel Shipyards Ltd, Haifa, Israel. Originally named after PM of Union of South Africa Jan Smuts Jan Smuts Jan Christiaan Smuts, OM, CH, ED, KC, FRS, PC was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various cabinet posts, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948...
Warrior Class	SAS Shaka	SAS P.W. Botha	P1562	2 December 1977	2005	Sunk as target 2005	Built by Israel Shipyards Ltd, Haifa, Israel. Originally named for former President of South Africa Pieter Willem Botha Pieter Willem Botha Pieter Willem Botha , commonly known as "P. W." and Die Groot Krokodil , was the prime minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and the first executive state president from 1984 to 1989.First elected to Parliament in 1948, Botha was for eleven years head of the Afrikaner National Party and the...
Warrior Class	SAS Adam Kok	SAS Frederic Creswell	P1563	6 April 1978		Awaiting disposal	Built by Israel Shipyards Ltd, Haifa, Israel. Originally named for South African Labour Party minister Frederic Creswell Frederic Creswell Colonel Frederic Hugh Page Creswell was a British-born Labour Party politician in South Africa. He was Minister of Defence from 1924 to March 1933.-Early life:... and renamed for black South African leader Adam Kok III Adam Kok III Adam Kok III was a leader of the Griqua people in South Africa .The son of Adam Kok II, he grew up and was educated in the town of Philippolis in Transorangia...
Warrior Class	SAS Sekhukhuni	SAS Jim Fouché	P1564	22 December 1978	2005	Sunk as target 2005	Built by Sandock Austral, Durban, South Africa. Originally named after 2nd President of South Africa Jacobus Johannes Fouché Jacobus Johannes Fouché Jacobus Johannes Fouché served as the second President of South Africa from 1968 to 1975.Born in the Boer republic of the Orange Free State , Fouché was a successful farmer...
Warrior Class	SAS René Sethren	SAS Oswald Pirow	P1566	4 March 1980		Awaiting disposal	Built by Sandock Austral, Durban, South Africa. Originally named after National Party minister Oswald Pirow Oswald Pirow Oswald Pirow was a South African lawyer and far right politician, who held office as minister of Justice and Defence.-Early life:... 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	Built by Sandock Austral, Durban, South Africa. Originally named after National Party politician Kobie Coetsee Kobie Coetsee Hendrik Jacobus Coetsee was a South African lawyer, National Party politician and administrator as well as a negotiator during the country's transition to democracy.... ; renamed after Cpl Job Masego of the Native Military Corps
Warrior Class	SAS Makhanda	SAS Magnus Malan	P1569	4 July 1986		Reserve	Built by Sandock Austral, Durban, South Africa. Originally named after National Party politician and Chief of the South African Defense Force Magnus Malan Magnus Malan General Magnus André De Merindol Malan was the Minister of Defence , Chief of the South African Defence Force and Chief of the South African Army.-Early life:... ;

Boom defence vessels

Net laying ship

A net laying ship, also known as a net layer, net tender or boom defence vessel was a type of small auxiliary ship.A net layer's primary function was to lay and maintain steel anti-torpedo or anti-submarine nets. Nets could be laid around an individual ship at anchor, or around harbors or other...

were used to maintain anti-submarine net

Anti-submarine net

An anti-submarine net is a device placed across the mouth of a harbour or a strait for protection against submarines.-Examples of anti-submarine nets:*Lake Macquarie anti-submarine boom*Indicator net*Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign...

s and anti-torpedo nets around ports, anchorages and individual ships.

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Bar class	SAS Somerset SAS Somerset The SAS Somerset was a Bar-class Boom Defence Vessel of the South African Navy, originally built by Blythe Shipyard and commissioned as HMS Barcross in 1941.....	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 Victoria & Alfred Waterfront The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in the historic heart of Cape Town's working harbour is South Africa's most-visited destination, having the highest rate of foreign tourists of any attraction in the country... as from 2 September 1988	Built by Blythe S.B. Co (1942).
Bar class	SAS Fleur	HMS Barbrake retained the name HMSAS Barcross 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	Built by William Simons & Co, Renfrew, Scotland (1942)

Seaward defence boats

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Ford Class Ford class seaward defence boat The Ford class seaward defence boats were built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s.HMS Droxford served for a time as the tender for Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Royal Naval Unit, and was administered by RNR Clyde. The vessel was used to train Midshipmen who were students of the universities...	SAS Gelderland	HMS Brayford Ford class seaward defence boat The Ford class seaward defence boats were built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s.HMS Droxford served for a time as the tender for Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Royal Naval Unit, and was administered by RNR Clyde. The vessel was used to train Midshipmen who were students of the universities... 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.
Ford Class Ford class seaward defence boat The Ford class seaward defence boats were built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s.HMS Droxford served for a time as the tender for Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Royal Naval Unit, and was administered by RNR Clyde. The vessel was used to train Midshipmen who were students of the universities...	SAS Nautilus	HMS Glassford Ford class seaward defence boat The Ford class seaward defence boats were built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s.HMS Droxford served for a time as the tender for Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Royal Naval Unit, and was administered by RNR Clyde. The vessel was used to train Midshipmen who were students of the universities... 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.
Ford Class Ford class seaward defence boat The Ford class seaward defence boats were built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s.HMS Droxford served for a time as the tender for Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Royal Naval Unit, and was administered by RNR Clyde. The vessel was used to train Midshipmen who were students of the universities...	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.
Ford Class Ford class seaward defence boat The Ford class seaward defence boats were built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s.HMS Droxford served for a time as the tender for Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Royal Naval Unit, and was administered by RNR Clyde. The vessel was used to train Midshipmen who were students of the universities...	SAS Harlem	HMSAS Harlem	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.
Ford Class Ford class seaward defence boat The Ford class seaward defence boats were built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s.HMS Droxford served for a time as the tender for Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities Royal Naval Unit, and was administered by RNR Clyde. The vessel was used to train Midshipmen who were students of the universities...	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.

Harbour defence motor launches

Class	Name	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
HDML 1100-1300 Series	HDML Harbour Defence Motor Launch The Harbour Defence Motor Launch was a British small motor vessel of the Second World War.The HDML was designed by W J Holt at the Admiralty in early 1939. During the war, 486 HDMLs were constructed, mainly by yacht builders, in the United Kingdom and a number of other allied countries... 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.
HDML 1100-1300 Series	HDML 1198	HDML1198	26 July 1943	1956	Sold	Built by Fred Nichols, Durban. Attached to Salisbury Island.
HDML 1100-1300 Series	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.
HDML 1100-1300 Series	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.
HDML 1100-1300 Series	HDML 1201	HDML1201	6 August 1943	1959	Sold	Built by Fred Nichols, Durban. Attached to Naval Dockyard, Simon's Town.
HDML 1100-1300 Series	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.
HDML 1100-1300 Series	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.
HDML 1100-1300 Series	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.
HDML 1100-1300 Series	HDML 1330	HDML1330	23 June 1944	1953	Sold for scrap 1953	Built by Fred Nichols, Durban.
HDML 1100-1300 Series	HDML 1331	HDML1331	28 June 1944	1952	Sold 1953	Built by Fred Nichols, Durban. Attached to Salisbury Island.
HDML 1100-1300 Series	HDML 1332	HDML1332	28 June 1944	1958	Sold 1958	Built by Fred Nichols, Durban. Attached to SAS Unitie.

Depot/replenishment ships

Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
HMSAS Afrikander HMSAS Afrikander HMS Tickler was a Royal Navy Gadfly-class flat-iron gunboat launched in 1879. She was transferred to Simon's Town in South Africa in 1902 and converted to a steam lighter. In 1919 she became HMS Afrikander and was transferred to the South African Naval Service in 1923, becoming HMSAS Afrikander...	HMS Tickler (1879) HMS YC229 (1902)		15 June 1923		Returned to Royal Navy	Builder: Pembroke Dock, England, 1879. Re-named HMS Afrikander II in 1933. Broken up for scrap, Simons Town 1937.
SAS Tafelberg SAS Tafelberg SAS Tafelberg was a replenishment ship of the South African Navy. The ship started life as the Danish tanker Annam before undergoing various conversions into her final configuration.-Early history:...	Danish SS Annam	A243	10 August 1967		Sold for scrap	Built by Nakskovs Skibsvaerft, Denmark and completed on 23 October 1958.
SAS Outeniqua	Aleksandr Sledzyuk Juvent	A302	8 June 1993	30 July 2004	Sold for conversion to floating accommodation vessel on the River Tyne, UK.	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 hanger, 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.

Air-sea rescue launches

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Whaleback British Power Boat Company Type Two 63 ft HSL The 63 foot long Type 2 High Speed Launch, known as the Whaleback from the distinctive curve to its deck, was a high speed launch class ship used in air-sea rescue to save Allied aircrew from the sea after they were shot down during the Second World War....	R0	HMS Malmok	R0	1940	1946	Sold after having her engines removed.	Built by British Power Boat Company British Power Boat Company The British Power Boat Company was a British manufacturer of motor boats, particularly racing boats and later military patrol boats.It was formed on 30 September 1927 when Hubert Scott-Paine bought and renamed the Hythe Shipyard with the intention of transforming it into one of the most modern mass... , Hythe, Southampton.
PT boat PT boat PT Boats were a variety of motor torpedo boat , a small, fast vessel used by the United States Navy in World War II to attack larger surface ships. The PT boat squadrons were nicknamed "the mosquito fleet". The Japanese called them "Devil Boats".The original pre–World War I torpedo boats were...	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.
PT boat PT boat PT Boats were a variety of motor torpedo boat , a small, fast vessel used by the United States Navy in World War II to attack larger surface ships. The PT boat squadrons were nicknamed "the mosquito fleet". The Japanese called them "Devil Boats".The original pre–World War I torpedo boats were...	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.
	P1551	R31	P1551	1962			Built by Kogerwerft, Redsburg, West Germany.
	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.
PT boat PT boat PT Boats were a variety of motor torpedo boat , a small, fast vessel used by the United States Navy in World War II to attack larger surface ships. The PT boat squadrons were nicknamed "the mosquito fleet". The Japanese called them "Devil Boats".The original pre–World War I torpedo boats were...	P1553	R9	P1553	1944	1973	Sold to private owner. Renamed Circe, Hout Bay.	Built by Miami Shipbuilding Corporation, Florida, USA.
	P1554		P1554	1973	1986	Sold to private owner.	Built by Groves & Gutteridge, Cowes, UK.
	P1555		P1555	1973			Built by Groves & Gutteridge, Cowes, UK.
	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.

Monitors

Monitor (warship)

A monitor was a class of relatively small warship which was neither fast nor strongly armoured but carried disproportionately large guns. They were used by some navies from the 1860s until the end of World War II, and saw their final use by the United States Navy during the Vietnam War.The monitors...

were small warships which were neither fast nor strongly armoured, but carried disproportionately large guns for shore bombardment.

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Erebus class monitor Erebus class monitor The Erebus class of monitors of the Royal Navy consisted of two ships: HMS Erebus and HMS Terror.* HMS Erebus was built by Harland and Wolff, Govan. She was laid down 12 October 1915, launched on 19 June 1916 and commissioned in September 1916...	HMS Erebus HMS Erebus (I02) HMS Erebus was a World War I monitor launched on 19 June 1916 and served in both world wars. She and her sister HMS Terror are known as the Erebus class...		I02		January 1947	Broken up and sold for scrap.	Floating artillery battery. Built by Harland & Wolff, Govan (1916) and used in World War I. Intended post 1939 refit for the defence of Cape Town and Simon's Town harbours. Called at Cape Town but was never officially transferred to SANS. Broken up at Inverkeithing.

Hydrographic survey

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Hunt class Hunt class minesweeper (1916) The Hunt class minesweeper was a class of minesweeping sloop built between 1916 and 1919 for the Royal Navy. They were built in two discrete groups, the earlier Belvoir group designed by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company and the subsequent Aberdare group designed by the Admiralty...	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.
Flower class corvette Flower class corvette The Flower-class corvette was a class of 267 corvettes used during World War II, specifically with the Allied navies as anti-submarine convoy escorts during the Battle of the Atlantic...	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.	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.

Training ships

Class	Name	Previous Names	Pennant	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	Notes
Mersey Class	SATS General Botha HMS Thames (1885) HMS Thames was a Mersey class second class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy. She later served in the South African Navy under the name SATS General Botha as a training vessel.-Royal Navy:...	HMS Thames HMS Thames (1885) HMS Thames was a Mersey class second class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy. She later served in the South African Navy under the name SATS General Botha as a training vessel.-Royal Navy:...		1 April 1922	30 April 1933	Scuttled in False Bay False Bay False Bay is a body of water defined by Cape Hangklip and the Cape Peninsula in the extreme South-West of South Africa.- Description and location :... in 1947	Named for the first PM of the Union of South Africa Louis Botha Louis Botha Louis Botha was an Afrikaner and first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa—the forerunner of the modern South African state...
	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.
King Salvor class	HMSAS Salvestor RFA Salvestor (A499) RFA Salvestor was a King Salvor-class salvage vessel of the post war Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Salvestor was built by Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd. of Renfrew, Scotland...	RFA Salvestor RFA Salvestor (A499) RFA Salvestor was a King Salvor-class salvage vessel of the post war Royal Fleet Auxiliary.Salvestor was built by Wm. Simons & Co. Ltd. of Renfrew, Scotland...		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.
	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.

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 Noorde

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