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 | | The minesweepers SAS Kaapstad (the former HMS Hazleton) and SAS Pretoria (HMS Dunkerton) and the seaward defence boat SAS Nautilus (HMS Glassford) left Portsmouth on 4 October 1955 and sailed via Lisbon, Las Palmas, Dakar, Abidjan, Pointe Noire, Walvis Bay, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and East London to Durban (22 November). |
 | | Meanwhile the minesweepers SAS Johannesburg, Walvisbaai and Windhoek, as well as the diving support and torpedo recovery vessel, SAS Fleur, visited Durban and Lourenço Marques at the end of May 1972, and in November 1972, SAS Johannesburg and Mosselbaai visited Lobito. |
 | | Meanwhile, for the first time since 1978, the SAN was able to obtain ships from abroad, namely, six "Lindau" Class (Type 351) minesweepers (built in 1958-1959) from the German Navy - four to be commissioned, while the remaining two would be used for spare parts. |
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