HMSAS Protea (K51)
 HMS Rockrose during the Second World War | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Rockrose |
| Builder: | C. Hill & Sons, Bristol |
| Launched: | 26 July 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 4 November 1941 |
| Out of service: | 4 October 1947 |
| Fate: | Transferred to South African Navy, 1947 |
| Career (South Africa) |  |
| Name: | HMSAS Protea |
| Acquired: | 4 October 1947 |
| Decommissioned: | January 1957 |
| Fate: | Broken up 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Flower-class corvette |
HMSAS Protea was a Flower-class corvette of the South African Navy, previously named HMS Rockrose.
She was completed on 26 July 1941 and transferred on 4 October 1947 to the South African Navy. She was converted to a survey vessel, SAS Protea. She was scrapped in 1967.
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