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SOUTH AFRICA'S NAVAL ROLE lN THE MEOITERRANEAN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR 289

Length: 35,36m
Beam: 7,38m
Draught: 3,87m
Gross Tonnage: 250 tons
Nett Tonnage: 88 tons
One Single 20mm
Oerlikon
One Quadruple
12,7mm
Vickers
Machinery: One oil-fired 3-cyl
triple-expansion reciprocating engine
One Shaft
Designed speed: 12 knotS
Disposal: Lang/aagte: Laid up 21.01.41 Sold to LHC Corp
25.06.46
Parktown: Sunk after action with E-boats otTTo-
bruk 21.06.42

HMSAS Boksburg

Builder: Nylands Verksted, Osio, Norway
Year Built: 1926
Owner: Union Whaling Co.
Length: 35,20m
Beam: 7,07m
Draught: 4,02m
Gross Tonnage: 240 tons
Nett Tonnage: 78 tons
Armament: Three single 20mm
Oerlikon guns
Machinery: One oil-fired 3-cyl
triple-expansion reciprocating engine
One shaft
Designed speed: 10,5 knots
Complement: 28- 32 men
Disposal: Laid up Jan 46
Returned to owners 31.12.46

HMSAS lmhof
Builder: Nylands Verksted, Oslo
Y ear· Built: 1927
Owner: Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Co.