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Specifications and particulars of ships

HMSAS Gamtoos

Builder: Scott & Sons Bowling, Glasgow
Year Built: 1936
Previous Owner: Smith,s Coasters, Durban

Length: 58,52m
Beam: 9,37m
Draught: 3,96m
Gross Tonnage: 794 tons
Nett Tonnage: 377 tons
Armamene: One 12 pdr HA/LA
Two 20 mm Oerlikons
Machinery: Triple-expansion reciprocating engine
One shaft, 700 hp
Designed speed: 9 knots
Complement: 8 Officers
47 Ratings
Disposal: Transferred to Dept of Agriculture 1946.
Expended as a target 10.06. 76.

HMSAS Protea (Terje Class)

Builder: Deutshe Shiffbau-und Machinen-Fabrik AG, See-
beck W esermund
· Y eat Built: 1936
Previous Owner: U nited Whalers Ltd London

Length: 39,17m
Beam: 7,92m
Draught: 4,42 m
Gross Tonnage: 335 ums
Nett Tonnage: 116 tons
Armament: One 4-inch gun fwd
Three single 20mm
Oerlikon guns
0,5-inch Browning in twin mountings
Two DC throwers and two sets of rails
(A/S v~ssels only)
72 DCs carried