SAS Good Hope
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Name | HMS Loch Boisdale |
Builder | Blyth Harbour and Dock Company Blyth, Northumberland, England |
Laid down | 8 November 1943 |
Launched | 5 July 1944 |
In service | 1 December 1944 |
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Name | HMSAS Good Hope |
Decommissioned | 1978 |
Fate | sunk |
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Class and type | Loch-class frigate |
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HMSAS Good Hope (F432) was a ship in the South African Navy.
It was constructed as HMS Boisdale (K432), a Loch-class frigate of the British Royal Navy. It was built by Blyth Harbour and Dock Company, laid down 8 November 1943, launched 5 July 1944 and completed 1 December 1944.
It was transferred to the South African Navy as HMSAS Good Hope (F432).[1] It was converted to a survey ship in 1957 and decommissioned and sunk as a target off the Cape of Good Hope in 1972.
She was scuttled as a breakwater in False Bay on 12 June 1978.
References
"Good Hope (6118133)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 30 March 2016.