BLOEMFONTEIN minesweepers (1943-1945/1947)

Bloemfontein 1960

Pietermaritzburg 1965

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Bloemfontein (ex-Rosamund)	J439, 1950- M439		Port Arthur, Canada	4.1944	20.12.1944	7.1945 // 9.1947	sunk as target 6.1967
Pietermaritzburg (ex-Pelorus)	J291, 1950- M291		Lobnitz, Renfrew, UK	10/1942	18.6.1943	10.1943 // 1947	TS 8.1962, hulk 1976

Displacement standard, t

1030

Displacement full, t

1325

Length, m

68.6

Breadth, m

10.8

Draught, m

3.28 deep load (3.99 by screws)

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

2400

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

oil 230 - 239

Endurance, nm(kts)

6000(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (90 - 92 in ASW role), mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment type 271 or type 272, type 291 (some) radars, type 128 sonar

Complement

138

Project history: Former RN Algerine VTE-engined class ocean minesweepers.

Modernizations: 1962, Pietermaritzburg, as TS: was armed with 1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 4 DCT

Naval service: No significant events.

Pietermaritzburg 1969

Displacement standard, t	1030
Displacement full, t	1325
Length, m	68.6
Breadth, m	10.8
Draught, m	3.28 deep load (3.99 by screws)
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	2400
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	oil 230 - 239
Endurance, nm(kts)	6000(12)
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (90 - 92 in ASW role), mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	type 271 or type 272, type 291 (some) radars, type 128 sonar
Complement	138