SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY (SOUTH AFRICA)
President Kruger 1965
President Kruger 1980
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| President Kruger | F145 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 6.4.1960 | 21.10.1960 | 1.10.1962 | collision 18.2.1982 | |
| President Pretorius | F147 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 21.11.1960 | 28.9.1962 | 4.3.1964 | sold 1990 | |
| President Steyn | F150 | Stephen, Govan, UK | 20.5.1960 | 23.11.1961 | 26.4.1963 | sold 1990 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2150 |
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Displacement full, t |
2560 |
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Length, m |
109.7 pp 112.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.5 |
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Draught, m |
3.90 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets ASR geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
30000 |
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Max speed, kts |
29 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 370 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(12) |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL |
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Electronic equipment |
type 275, type 277Q, type 293M, type 974 radars, type 174, type 177 sonars |
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Complement |
235 |
Project history: Almost identical with the RN Rothesay class, but having twin Bofors instead of single.
Modernizations: 1970, President Pretorius; 1971, President Steyn: masts were plated; - 1 x 2 - 40/60, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, type 277Q radars; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 helicopter (Wasp) with hangar, Jupiter, NA9C radars
1972, all: + 2 x 3 - 324 TT, UA-8, UA-9 ECM suites
1977, President Kruger: masts were plated; - 1 x 2 - 40/60, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, type 277Q radar; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 helicopter (Wasp) with hangar, Jupiter radar, UA-8, UA-9 ECM suites
1979, President Kruger: - type 275 radar; + NA9C radar
Naval service: President Steyn was decommissioned in August 1980 to be cannibalized for her sisters. President Kruger was lost 80nm SW of the Cape of the Good Hope 18.2.1982 in a night collision with the repenishment ship Tafelberg.
President Steyn 1976
President Pretorius 1976
© Ivan Gogin, 2016