SAS Good Hope (F432)

For the cancelled 1977 ship named Good Hope, see ARA Drummond (P-31).
History
United Kingdom
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
History
South Africa
Name: HMSAS Good Hope
Decommissioned: 1978
Fate: sunk
General characteristics
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. (subscription required (help)). 

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