HMS Thames

HMS Thames was a Mersey-class protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1880s. The ship was placed in reserve upon her completion in 1888 and was converted into a submarine depot ship in 1903. She was sold out of the navy in 1920 and was purchased by a South African businessman to serve as a training ship for naval cadets under the name SATS General Botha. The ship arrived in South Africa in 1921 and began training her first class of cadets in Simon's Town the following year. General Botha continued to train cadets for the first several years of World War II, but the RN took over the ship in 1942 for use as an accommodation ship under her original name. She was scuttled by gunfire in 1947 and is now a diveable wreck.

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1885 Wikimedia, Wikidata
SATS General Botha
shipwreck, protected cruiser, training vessel, Mersey-class light cruiser, Royal Navy, Pembroke Dockyard,

Dreadnought Project page^@

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1885-01-01T00:00:00Z

1885 HMS Thames

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

World War I

1888-07-01T00:00:00Z

ship completed

1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1885-12-03T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1922-03-01T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1884-04-14T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1659-01-01T00:00:00Z

1677-01-01T00:00:00Z

1659 — 1677 Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars

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SATS General Botha 1925 2

SATS General Botha 1926

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	war	1659	Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars	series of wars, Dutch East India Company, Khoikhoi	Wikidata
link	page		Dreadnought Project page^@		Wikidata
site	museum		South African Naval Museum	naval museum, maritime museum	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SAS Bloemfontein	minesweeper, Algerine-class minesweeper, recreational dive site, offshore dive site, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SAS Fleur	recreational dive site, offshore dive site, boom defence vessel, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SATS General Botha	shipwreck, cruiser, recreational dive site, offshore dive site	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1885	HMS Thames	protected cruiser, training vessel, shipwreck, Mersey-class light cruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1943	HMS Pelorus	offshore dive site, recreational dive site, shipwreck, minesweeper, Algerine-class minesweeper	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1944	SAS Good Hope	Loch-class frigate, recreational dive site, offshore dive site, shipwreck, frigate	Wikidata
site	tower		Simon's Town Martello Tower	Martello tower	Wikidata
commons	image		Botha2		Commons
commons	image		Botha2		Commons
commons	image		SATS General Botha 1925 2		Commons
commons	image		SATS General Botha 1925 2		Commons
commons	image		SATS General Botha 1926		Commons
commons	image		SATS General Botha 1926		Commons

HMS Thames

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