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288 THEAN O. POTGIETER

Machinery: . One oil-fired 3-cyl
triple-expansion reciprocating engine
One shaft
Designed speed: 13 knots
Complement: 28 - 32 men

Di sposai: Laid up Jan 46
Returned to owners 31.12.46

Southern Class

Builder: Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau, Vegesack, Germany
Year Built: 1936
Owner: Southern Sealing & Whaling company, London

Length: 42,46m
Bea m: 7,96m
Draughe: 4,18m
Gross Tonnage: 344. tons
Nett Tonnage: 123 cons
Armamene: One 4-inch LA gun forward
.Three 20 mm guns (two fwd .and one aft)
Various light weapons <•>
Machinery: One oil-fìred 3-cyl triple-expansion reciprocating
engine
One shaft, 700hp
Designed speed: 13 knots

Di sposai: Southern Floe: Sunk by mine offTobruk 11.02.41
Southern Maid: Laid up J an 46. Sold co U nion
Whaling Co. 07.05.46
Southern Isles: Laid up Jan 46. Sold to Union
Whaling Co. 07.05.46
Southern Sea: Laid up Jan 46. Sold co Union
Whaling Co. 07.05.46
(•) For most of their service in the Mediterranean, these vessels were armed with a combination of Allied
and captured Axis weapons.

HMSAS Langlaagte and Parktown

Builder: Smith's Dock Co. Led, Middlesborough
Year Builr: 1929
Owner: Union Whaling Co. Durban