GOOD HOPE frigates (1944-1945)

Good Hope 1944

Transvaal 1965

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Good Hope (ex-Loch Boisdale)	K432, 1950- F432		Blyth, UK	11.1943	5.7.1944	12.1944	scuttled 12.12.1978
Natal (ex-Loch Cree)	K10, 1950- F10		Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK	10.1943	19.6.1944	3.1945	survey vessel 1957, sunk as target 19.9.1972
Transvaal (ex-Loch Ard)	K602, 1950- F602		Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK	1.1944	2.8.1944	5.1945	scuttled 3.8.1978

Displacement standard, t

1435

Displacement full, t

2260

Length, m

87.2 pp 93.6 oa

Breadth, m

11.8

Draught, m

3.76 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

19.5

Fuel, t

oil 724

Endurance, nm(kts)

7000(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk XXI, 1 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 6 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk III ASWRL, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (15)

Electronic equipment

type 277 radar, type 144, type 147B sonars

Complement

177

Project history: Royal Navy 'Loch' class frigates completed for Royal South African Navy.

Modernizations: 1955, Good Hope; 1962, Transvaal: forecastle was extended aft.

Naval service: No significant events.

Transvaal 1971

Displacement standard, t	1435
Displacement full, t	2260
Length, m	87.2 pp 93.6 oa
Breadth, m	11.8
Draught, m	3.76 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	19.5
Fuel, t	oil 724
Endurance, nm(kts)	7000(15)
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk XXI, 1 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 6 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk III ASWRL, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (15)
Electronic equipment	type 277 radar, type 144, type 147B sonars
Complement	177