HMSAS Parktown (T39)
HMSAS Parktown was a minesweeping whaler of the South African Naval Services that was sunk during the Second World War. She was built as the whaler Southern Sky for the Southern Whaling and Sealing Company in 1929 and sold in 1936 to the Union Whaling Company, acquiring the new name Sidney Smith. She was requisitioned on 8 August 1940 as HMSAS Parktown and was converted to sweep magnetic mines. She arrived at Tobruk on 10 June 1942 just in time to take part in the evacuation of Allied forces. She was the last ship to leave Tobruk harbour prior to its capitulation to German forces on 20 June 1942. Parktown embarked 60 troops and took a tug in tow outside the harbour. Her reduced speed led to her being attacked by Axis E-boats, most probably German E-boats from Derna. Gunfire from the motor
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HMSAS Parktown (T39)
HMSAS Parktown was a minesweeping whaler of the South African Naval Services that was sunk during the Second World War. She was built as the whaler Southern Sky for the Southern Whaling and Sealing Company in 1929 and sold in 1936 to the Union Whaling Company, acquiring the new name Sidney Smith. She was requisitioned on 8 August 1940 as HMSAS Parktown and was converted to sweep magnetic mines. She arrived at Tobruk on 10 June 1942 just in time to take part in the evacuation of Allied forces. She was the last ship to leave Tobruk harbour prior to its capitulation to German forces on 20 June 1942. Parktown embarked 60 troops and took a tug in tow outside the harbour. Her reduced speed led to her being attacked by Axis E-boats, most probably German E-boats from Derna. Gunfire from the motor
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HMSAS Parktown was a minesweep ...... arrived to pick up survivors.
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Requisitioned on 8 August 1940
Sold in 1936
Sunk by AxisE-boats off Tobruk on 21 June 1942
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Ship armament
*1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
*1 × Quadruple 12.7mm Vickers
*LL magnetic sweep
Ship builder
Smiths Dock & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
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Ship honors
*South African Waters 1939-1945
*Libya 1940 - 1942
*Mediterranean 1940-1945
Ship identification
Pennant number: T39
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Ship namesake
Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa
Ship owner
South African Naval Forces
Southern Whaling and Sealing Company, London
Ship propulsion
One coal-fired 3-cylinder triple-expansion reciprocating engine
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Minesweeping whaler
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HMSAS Parktown was a minesweep ...... Derna. Gunfire from the motor
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HMSAS Parktown (T39)
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HMSAS Parktown
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Sidney Smith
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Southern Sky
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