Wrangler in June 1944 |
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| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Wrangler (R48) & (F157) |
| Ordered: | 3rd December 1941 |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong |
| Laid down: | 23rd September 1942 |
| Launched: | 29th September 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 14th July 1944 |
| Converted | Type 15 frigate 1951 - 1952 |
| Fate: | Sold to South Africa 1957 |
| Career (South Africa) | |
| Name: | SAS Vyrstaat (F157) |
| Fate: | Sunk as Target 1976 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | W-class destroyer |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type 15 frigate |
HMS Wrangler (R48) was an W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F157.
In 1954 Wrangler was involved in the search for wreckage of the BOAC de Havilland Comet airliner G-ALYP, that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea near the island of Elba.
Sold to the South African Navy in 1957 as the SAS Vrystaat, the pennant number remaining the same.
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