SAS President Pretorius

History
South Africa
Name	President Pretorius
Namesake	Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Ordered	29 July 1959
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow
Laid down	21 November 1961
Launched	28 September 1962
Commissioned	18 March 1964
Out of service	26 July 1985
Identification	Pennant number: F145
Nickname(s)	'PP'
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 December 1992
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	President-class frigate
Displacement	2,170 long tons (2,200 t) (standard load) 2,605 long tons (2,647 t) (deep load)
Length	370 ft 0 in (112.78 m)
Beam	41 ft 0 in (12.5 m)
Draught	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) (deep load)
Installed power	2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers 30,000 shp (22,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	214
Sensors and processing systems	Type 162, 170, 177M sonars Type 293Q surface-search radar Type 262 and 275 gunnery radars Type 277Q height-finding radar Type 978 navigation radar
Armament	2 × triple Limbo anti-submarine mortars 1 × twin 4.5-inch (114 mm) dual-purpose gun 1 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA gun

SAS President Pretorius was the last of three President-class Type 12 frigates built in the UK for the South African Navy (SAN) during the 1960s. The ship spent most of her career training and visited foreign ports in Africa and Australia. She had a lengthy modernisation during the 1970s and manpower shortages limited her activities after that was completed in 1977. President Pretorius was paid off in 1985 and was sold for scrap in 1992.