HMSAS Protea (1947)
Appearance
HMS Rockrose during the Second World War
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Rockrose |
Builder | C. Hill & Sons, Bristol |
Launched | 26 July 1941 |
Commissioned | 4 November 1941 |
Out of service | 4 October 1947 |
Fate | Transferred to South African Navy, 1947 |
History | |
South Africa | |
Name | HMSAS Protea |
Acquired | 4 October 1947 |
Decommissioned | January 1957 |
Fate | Broken up 1967 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass2- |
HMSAS Protea was a Template:Sclass2- of the South African Navy, previously named HMS Rockrose.
She was completed on 26 July 1941 and transferred on 4 October 1947 to the South African Navy. She was converted to a survey vessel, SAS Protea. She was scrapped in 1967.