SAS Good Hope

For the cancelled 1977 ship named Good Hope, see ARA Drummond (P-31).

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Loch Boisdale
Namesake	Lochboisdale
Ordered	28 December 1942
Builder	Blyth Harbour and Dock Company, Blyth, Northumberland
Laid down	8 November 1943
Launched	5 July 1944
Fate	Transferred to the South African Navy, 1944
South Africa
Name	HMSAS Good Hope
Namesake	Cape Province
Completed	1 December 1944
Acquired	1 December 1944
Decommissioned	1978
Fate	Scuttled, 1978
Status	Diveable wreck
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Template:Sclass2-
Displacement	1,435 long tons (1,458 t) (standard load) 2,260 long tons (2,300 t) (deep load)
Length	307 ft (93.6 m)
Beam	38 ft 7 in (11.8 m)
Draught	12 ft 4 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	114
Sensors & processing systems	Types 144 and 147B ASDIC Type 277 surface-search radar
Armament	1 × single QF 4-inch Mark V 4 × single, 1 × twin Bofors AA guns 2 × triple-barrelled Squid anti-submarine mortars 15 depth charges

SAS Good Hope (pennant number: F432) was a Template:Sclass2- in the South African Navy (SAN). It was built as HMS Loch Boisdale (K432) for the Royal Navy during World War II, but was transferred to the SAN before completion in 1944 and renamed as HMSAS Good Hope. The ship was converted into a training ship during the 1950s and served as the navy's flagship. It was scuttled as an artificial reef in False Bay, South Africa in 1978.

Description

Good Hope displaced 1,435 long tons (1,458 t) at standard load and 2,260 long tons (2,300 t) at deep load. The ship had an overall length of 307 feet (93.6 m), a beam of 38 feet 7 inches (11.8 m) and a mean deep draught of 12 feet 4 inches (3.8 m). It was powered by a pair of vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The engines developed a total of 5,500 indicated horsepower (4,100 kW) which gave a maximum speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). The ship carried 730 long tons (740 t) of fuel oil that gave it a range of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). It was armed with a single 4-inch (102 mm) Mk V dual-purpose gun and six 40-millimeter (1.6 in) Bofors light anti-aircraft guns. For anti-submarine work, Good Hope was fitted with a pair of triple-barrelled Squid anti-submarine mortars and 15 depth charges. The ship was equipped with Type 144 and 147B ASDIC and a Type 277 surface-search radar. Her crew numbered 114 officers and ratings.

In preparation for her reclassification as a despatch vessel/training ship in 1955, Good Hope's main armament was replaced by a twin-gun turret fitted with more powerful 4-inch (102 mm) Mk XVI guns, her funnel was heightened and extra accommodations were added aft. She was refitted in 1961. By 1974, the ship's secondary armament consisted of two Bofors guns.

Construction and career

Good Hope was built by Blyth Harbour and Dock Company at their shipyard in Blyth, Northumberland and was laid down on 8 November 1943, launched on 5 July 1944 and commissioned on 1 December 1944. When the ship was converted into a training ship in 1955, it became the flagship of the SAN.

She was scuttled as an artificial reef in False Bay on 12 December 1978.

References

• "Good Hope (6118133)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
• Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
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