HMSAS Bloemfontein
HMSAS Bloemfontein was an Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy in Canada during World War II. The ship was originally named Rosamund (pennant number: J439) and spent several years clearing minefields in Europe after she was completed in 1945 before she was placed in reserve. Rosamund was purchased by South Africa in 1947 and later renamed HMSAS Bloemfontein.
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HMSAS Bloemfontein
HMSAS Bloemfontein was an Algerine-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy in Canada during World War II. The ship was originally named Rosamund (pennant number: J439) and spent several years clearing minefields in Europe after she was completed in 1945 before she was placed in reserve. Rosamund was purchased by South Africa in 1947 and later renamed HMSAS Bloemfontein.
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HMSAS Bloemfontein was an Alge ...... was sunk as a target in 1967.
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1945-07-10
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1944-04-26
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1943-03-15
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ship launched
1944-12-20
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Diveable wreck
Sold to theSouth African Navy, 1947
Sunk as a target, 5 June 1967
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Ship acquired
Purchased from the Royal Navy, 1947
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Ship armament
*1 × QF Mk V DP gun
* 2 × twin and 2 × single Oerlikon AA guns
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Ship completed
1945-07-10
Ship country
South Africa
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United Kingdom
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Ship decommissioned
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Ship fate
Sold to the South African Navy, 1947
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Ship identification
Pennant number: J439
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Ship laid down
1944-04-26
Ship launched
1944-12-20
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Ship name
Rosamund
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Ship ordered
1943-03-15
Ship power
*2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
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Ship propulsion
*2 shafts
* 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines
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at
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Ship reclassified
As a training ship, April 1961
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Ship renamed
Bloemfontein, mid-1948
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Ship sensors
*Type 271 surface-search radar
* Type 291 air-search radar
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Ship status
Diveable wreck
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HMSAS Bloemfontein was an Alge ...... er renamed HMSAS Bloemfontein.
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HMSAS Bloemfontein
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