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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
SOUTH AFRICA
CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
WWII auxiliary minesweepers


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Africana (1930, 313, 1 - 76/40, 9.1939 - 4.1947), William Messina (1925, 120, 1942 - 1946)

Project history

requisitioned merchant vessels used as minesweepers.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Format of date including day/month/year means loss of the vessel. Format of date containing month/year means return to owner or conversion to miscellaneous vessel. There were many coasters, tugs and other vessels used as minesweepers with tonnage less than 100 BRT.

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