ROYAL SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY - SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY (SOUTH AFRICA)
Jan Van Riebeeck 1955
Jan Van Riebeeck 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Jan Van Riebeeck (ex-Wessex) | D278 | Fairfield, Govan, UK | 10/1942 | 2.9.1943 | 5/1944 // 3.1950 | discarded 1978 | |
| Simon Van der Stel (ex-Whelp) | D237 | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, UK | 5/1942 | 3.6.1943 | 4/1944 // 2.1953 | discarded 1976 |
| Data variant | as commissioned |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1810 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2545 |
|
Length, m |
103.5 pp 110.6 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.9 |
|
Draught, m |
4.32 - 4.37 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
40000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
36.75 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 588 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4675(20) |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk 22, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk 7, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130 DC) |
|
Electronic equipment |
type 276, type 285, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar |
|
Complement |
225 |
Project history: Former British 'W' class destroters.
Modernizations: 1964, Simon Van der Stel; 1966, Jan van Riebeeck: were converted to Type 16 frigates with data as given in the table.
| Data variant | type 16 conversion |
|
Displacement standard, t |
2105 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2750 |
|
Length, m |
103.5 pp 109.2 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.9 |
|
Draught, m |
5.20 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
40000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
36.75 |
|
Endurance, nm (kts) |
1700 (20) |
|
Armament |
2 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 4 x 1 - 47/40 Mk 1 (saluting), 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, 2 helicopters (Wasp) |
|
Electronic equipment |
type 293, type 974, NA9C radars, type 170, type 174P sonars |
|
Complement |
192 |
Naval service: These ships were rated as destroyers also after conversion.
Jan Van Riebeeck 1971
© Ivan Gogin, 2016