History | |
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Denmark | |
Name | MT Annam |
Builder | Nakskov Skibsværft, Nakskov, Denmark |
Yard number | 150 |
Launched | 20 June 1958 |
Homeport | Copenhagen |
Fate | Sold to Safmarine in 1965 |
South Africa | |
Renamed | SAS Tafelberg (1965) |
Namesake | Table Mountain |
Operator | South African Navy |
Builder | Dockyard, Durban |
Commissioned | 19 August 1967[1] |
Decommissioned | 1993 |
Reclassified |
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Homeport | Simonstown |
Nickname(s) | 'Mama Tafies' or 'Tafies' |
Fate | Scrapped in 1993 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 18,980 tons |
Length | 170.5 m (559 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 21.9 m (71 ft 10 in) |
Draught | 8.3 m (27 ft 3 in) |
Propulsion | 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) 8-cylinder turbo-charged diesel |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 6 Delta fast assault craft |
Complement | 9 officers and 118 ratings |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × Atlas Oryx helicopters |
SAS Tafelberg was a replenishment ship (AOR) of the South African Navy. The ship started life as the Danish tanker Annam before undergoing various conversions into her final configuration.