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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| PRESIDENT KRUGER |
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ZA |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1962 |
20/10/1960 |
01/10/1962 |
| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Naval Frigate
| Steel Steam Turbine |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
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2168 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| / / 2250 disp |
370 ft |
41 ft |
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14 ft |
| Engine builder |
, |
| Engine detail |
2 - Screw English Electric geared turbines. 30000 shp
Babcock & Wilcox boilers. |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| South African Navy |
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| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
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| Vessel history |
| Ordered 09/1957
Keel laid 04/1959
18/02/1982 Sunk in collision with the South African Navy oiler TAFELBERG some 80 miles off the Cape of Good Hope. |
| Remarks |
| Type 12 Rothesay class frigate. Pendant F 150 |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1982 |
Collision 18/02/1982 |
| Disposal Detail |
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President Kruger fitting out 27 August 1962
Image courtesy of : Brian Hargreaves
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