SAS President Steyn (F147)

History
South Africa
Namesake:	Martinus Theunis Steyn
Builder:	Alexander Stephens and Sons
Laid down:	20 April 1960
Launched:	23 November 1961
Christened:	President Steyn, F147
Commissioned:	8 April 1963
Homeport:	Simonstown
Nickname(s):	'PS'
Fate:	Sunk as target, 29 April 1991
General characteristics
Class and type:	President-class frigate[1]
Displacement:	2144 tons (2557 tons loaded)
Length:	370 ft (110 m)
Beam:	41 ft (12.5 m)
Draught:	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion:	2 shafts, 2 steam turbines, 2 boilers, 25,000 shp (19 MW)
Speed:	28 knots (52 km/h)
Range:	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement:	250
Sensors and processing systems:	Sonar, Radar
Armament:	Limbo mortar (originally 6 barrels, 3 barrels subsequently removed to make space for helicopter deck) 2 twin mount x 4.5 in (114 mm) guns 2 × Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Aircraft carried:	1 × Westland Wasp helicopter

The SAS President Steyn was a frigate of the South African Navy, withdrawn from service on 1 August 1980.

History

SAS President Steyn was one of three President-class type 12 frigates obtained by the South African Navy in the 1960s following the Simonstown Agreement with the Royal Navy.

She was sunk as a missile target on 29 April 1991.^[2]:239

References

1. "Shipbuilding and Shipping Record: A Journal of Shipbuilding, Marine Engineering, Docks, Harbours & Shipping". Shipbuilding and Shipping Record: A Journal of Shipbuilding, Marine Engineering, Docks, Harbours & Shipping 100: 385, 449. 1962. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
2. Du Toit, A (1992). South Africa's Fighting Ships Past and Present. Ashanti Publishing. ISBN 1 874800 50 2.