SAS Walvisbaai
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Packington (M1214) |
| Namesake: | Packington |
| Builder: | Harland and Wolff, Belfast |
| Launched: | 3 July 1958 |
| Completed: | 21 May 1959 |
| Fate: | Sold to the South African Navy before commissioning |
| Career (South Africa) |  |
| Name: | SAS Walvisbaai |
| Namesake: | Walvis Bay |
| Acquired: | 20 September 1959 |
| Decommissioned: | March 2001 |
| Fate: | Sold to the Walt Disney Co., 2003 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 440 tons |
| Length: | 153 ft |
| Beam: | 28.9 ft |
| Draught: | 8.2 ft |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Paxman Deltic 18A-7A diesel engines @ 3,000 bhp (2,200 kW) |
| Speed: | Cruise 13 knots (24 km/h) on one engine. Max 16 knots (30 km/h) on both |
| Range: | 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 32 men |
| Armament: | 1 x Bofors 40mm gun |
HMS Packington (M1214) was a Ton-class minesweeper built by Harland & Wolff. On 20 September 1959 she was sold to the South African Navy and renamed the SAS Walvisbaai. She was retired in March 2001 and sold to the Walt Disney Company in 2003 to be used as the R/V Belafonte in the Wes Anderson film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Recently she was sold to a private owner for $350,000.00. [1] As of 2006 she was laid up in Dubai for conversion into a yacht.[2]
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