Global Class

The next four sister ships to brought into service were the “South African Trader”, “South African Pioneer”, “South African Transporter,” and “South African Merchant.” They were designed for carrying general dry cargo. All were built in Scotland and entered service in the mid 1950s. In 1966 the prefix South African was changed to S.A. In the engine rooms there were two water tube boilers supplying super heated steam to two Parson type turbines geared down to a single shaft, giving aprox 7,000 shp and a speed of 15 knots. For electrical power three Ruston Hornsby diesel engines drove DC generators.

photograph ©Brian Ingpen