SAS Walvisbaai
HMS Packington (pennant number: M1214) was a Ton-class minesweeper completed in 1959 by Harland & Wolff for the Royal Navy, but transferred before commissioning to the South African Navy as SAS Walvisbaai. The ship was decommissioned in March 2001 and was sold to the Walt Disney Company in 2003 to be used in the Wes Anderson film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Post filming the vessel was sold and was subsequently converted into a private yacht.
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SAS Walvisbaai
HMS Packington (pennant number: M1214) was a Ton-class minesweeper completed in 1959 by Harland & Wolff for the Royal Navy, but transferred before commissioning to the South African Navy as SAS Walvisbaai. The ship was decommissioned in March 2001 and was sold to the Walt Disney Company in 2003 to be used in the Wes Anderson film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Post filming the vessel was sold and was subsequently converted into a private yacht.
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HMS Packington (pennant number ...... onverted into a private yacht.
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1959-09-20
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1959-05-21
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1958-07-03
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Sold to the South African Navy before commissioning
Sold to theWalt Disney Co., 2003; later sold to private interests.
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1959-05-21
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Panama
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South Africa
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United Kingdom
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March 2001
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Sold to the South African Navy before commissioning
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Sold to the Walt Disney Co., 2003; later sold to private interests.
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1958-07-03
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Mojo
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Packington
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Walvisbaai
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Converted to a yacht from 2006-2012
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HMS Packington (pennant number ...... onverted into a private yacht.
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SAS Walvisbaai
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Mojo
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Packington
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Walvisbaai
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