SAS President Kruger

SAS President Kruger was the first of three President-class Type 12 frigates built in the United Kingdom for the South African Navy (SAN) during the 1960s. The ship spent most of her career training and made visits to foreign ports in Africa, Western Europe and the United States. In the late 1960s, she was modernized and equipped to operate a helicopter. In the mid-1970s, President Kruger played a minor role in the South African Border War, conducting patrol operations off the Angolan coast. The ship was placed in reserve in 1977, but was recommissioned in 1980. She sank in 1982 with the loss of 16 lives after colliding with her replenishment oiler, SAS Tafelberg, in the South Atlantic.

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frigate, Rothesay-class frigate, South African Navy, Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited, 

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  SAS President Kruger ⓘ
  1960 Rothesay-class frigate

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1962 SAS President Kruger

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ship launching

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ship commissioning

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SA Naval Museum 4

SA Naval Museum 03

Model of the frigate SAS President Kruger

SA Naval Museum 4

Model of the frigate SAS President Kruger

SA Naval museum ship model

SA Naval museum ship model

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft	1962	SAS President Kruger	Rothesay-class frigate, frigate	Wikidata
commons	image		SA Naval Museum 4		Commons
commons	image		SA Naval Museum 03		Commons
commons	image		Model of the frigate SAS President Kruger		Commons
commons	image		SA Naval Museum 4		Commons
commons	image		Model of the frigate SAS President Kruger		Commons
commons	image		SA Naval museum ship model		Commons
commons	image		SA Naval museum ship model		Commons