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| Career (UK) |
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| Launched: |
3 July 1958 |
| Fate: |
Sold to the South African Navy |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
440 tons |
| Length: |
153 ft |
| Beam: |
28.9 ft |
| Draught: |
8.2 ft |
| Propulsion: |
2 x Paxman Deltic 18A-7A diesel engines @ 3,000 bhp (2,200 kW) |
| Speed: |
Cruise 13 knots (24 km/h) on one engine. Max 16 knots (30 km/h) on both |
| Range: |
2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: |
32 men |
| Armament: |
1 x Bofors 40mm gun |
The HMS Packington (M1214) was Ton class minesweeper built by Harland & Wolff. On 20 September 1959 she was sold to the South African Navy and renamed the SAS Walvisbaai. She was retired in March of 2001 and sold to the Walt Disney Company in 2003 to be used as the R/V Belafonte in the Wes Anderson film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Recently she was sold to a private owner for $350,000.00 [1]
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