SAS Port Elizabeth / HMS Dumbleton
Ship Number
1583
Vessel Type
Ton Class Minesweeper
Built
Belfast
Launch Date
November 8, 1957
Launched By
Mrs Greenfield
Delivered
July 10, 1958
Owner
South African Navy
Weight
360 grt
BP Length
140 feet
Breadth
27-4 feet
No. of Screws
Speed (approx)
Propulsion
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Scrapped
SAS Port Elizabeth / HMS Dumbleton

[Leaving Portsmouth for the last time]
Pennant No. M1212
 
Originally named HMS Dumbleton
 
Dumbleton was Commissioned into the S.A.N.F. on 28th October 1959 and re-named SAS Port Elizabeth'.
 
She was laid up in 1985, sold to SA Metal Co' in September 1988 and broken up at Table Bay in 1989.