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ROYAL SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY (SOUTH AFRICA)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

WWII requisitioned fishing vessels

100 - 1000 BRT:

Trawlers: Algoa Bay (1919, 270, 10.1939 - 12.1940), Aristea (1935, 261, 1.1940 - 12.1944), Arum (1926, 194, 1.1940 - 10.1944), Babiana (1935, 262, 9.1939 - 12.1944), Blomvlei (1935, 252, 3.1940 - 3.1945), Bluff (1935, 262, 9.1939 - 12.1944), Crassula (1935, 261, 6.1940 - 12.1946), David Haigh (1918, 276, 9.1939 - 12.1943), Disa (1924, 197, 9.1939 - 5.1940), Mooivlei (1935, 252, 11.1939 - 3.1945), Nerine (1925, 197, 12.1939 - 10.1944), Spindrift, 1951- Skilpad (,926, 1946 - 1958)
Whalers: Albert Hullett, 1941- Langlaagte (1939, 225, 1940 - 1947), Benoni (1925, 221, 1941 - 1945), Bever (1930, 252, 10.1941 - 30.11.1944), Blaauwberg (1935, 307, 12.1940 - 5.1946), Boksburg (1926, 240, 1 - 76/45, 10.1941 - 7.1946), Brakpan (1936, 335, 1 - 102/40, 3.1941 - 9.1946), Brakvlei (1929, 234, 1 - 76/45, 7.1940 - 6.1946), Busen 10, 1941- Collie, 5.1942- Pretoria (1930, 374, 1941 - 11.1945), Cedarberg (1935, 307, 1 - 102/40, 3.1941 - 5.1946), Florida (1930, 256, 12.1940 - 3.1946), Goulding (1921, 224, 6.1940 - 1946), Grimwood (1924, 219, 1 - 76/40, 5.1940 - 3.1946), Rondevlei (1929, 247, 6.1940 - 5.1946), Smalvlei (1929, 247, 6.1940 - 5.1946), Soetvlei (1929, 233, 7.1940 - 6.1946), Hektor (1929, 233, 7.1940 - 6.1946), Hektor 6, 1.1942- Roodepoort (1929, 315, 5.1941 - 2.1946), Gribb (1930, 280, 1941 - 4.1946), Imhoff (1927, 224, 7.1941 - 5.1946), Larsen (1924, 162, 1.1940 - 4.1946), Natalia (1925, 238, 4.1940 - 6.1946), Odberg (1936, 351, 5.1941 - 6.1946), Oostewal (1926, 179, 1.1940 - 5.1946), Pol I, 1942- Randfontein (1926, 205, 10.1941 - 4.1946), Pol V, 3.1942- Benoni (1925, 221, 1941 - 4.1946), Robinson (1927, 196, 6.1940 - 4.1946), Seksern (1930, 249, 10.1940 - 4.1946), Sidney Smith, 2.1942- Parktown (1929, 250, 2.1941 - 21.6.1942), Southern Barrier (1936, 344, 10.1940 - 5.1946), Southern Floe (1936, 344, 3.1940 - 11.2.1941), Southern Isles (1936, 344, 1940 - 5.1946), Southern Maid (1936, 344, 3.1941 - 5.1946), Southern Sea (1936, 344, 1.1945 - 5.1946), Steenberg (1929, 250, 1940 - 5.1946),Stellenberg (1929, 250, 1940 - 5.1946), Suderoy I, 11.1942 - Parktown (1925, 220, 11.1942 - 4.1946), Suderoy II, 8.1942- Johannesburg (1925, 228, 8.1942 - 4.1946), Swartberg (1923, 220, 10.1939 - 5.1946), Sydostlandet (1935, 258, 1940 - 6.4.1942), Terje 6, 9.1941- Terje, 4.1943- Brakpan (1936, 335, 3.1941 - 11.1946), Terje 7, 1941- Protea (1936, 335, 6.1941 - 12.1946), Terje 8, 1941- Sonneblom (1936, 335, 8.1941 - 11.1946), Terje 9, 1941- Immortelle (1936, 335, 11.1941 - 12.1946), Tordonn (1925, 314, 11.1940 - 5.1946), Treern (1929, 247, 1941 - 12.1.1945), Uni I, 6.1942- Springs (1930, 249, 6.1942 - 5.1946), Uni II, 9.1941- Nigel (1930, 250, 9.1941 - 5.1946), Boksburg (1926, 240, 1 - 76/45, 10.1941 - 7.1946), Germiston (1923, 197, 8.1941 - 5.1946), Krugersdorp (1923, 198, 6.1941 - 5.1946), Turffontein (1936, 355, 8.1942 - 3.1945), Vereeniging (1936, 355, 1942 - 1945), Whytock (1924, 166, 1941 - 6.1946)

Project history: requisitioned merchant vessels used as minesweepers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service:  Format of date including day/month/year means loss of the vessel. Format of date containing month/year means return to owner or conversion to miscellaneous vessel. There were many coasters, tugs and other vessels used as minesweepers with tonnage less than 100 BRT.

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