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Tuesday, 10 May 2011
Refrigerated motor (Scottish Built)
Three refrigerated motor ships “S.A.Letaba”, “S.A.Tzaneen”, and “S.A.Drakenstein” were built for the export of frozen fruit from South Africa to the UK and Europe. They were built in Scotland and entered service in the mid 1960s. They had the same hull design as the dutch built ships as above but, with a different make of main engine, which was a nine cylinder B&W type two stroke low speed diesel engine developing aprox 9,650 BHP and a speed of 17 knots. For electrical power four MAN diesel engines drove AC alternators.
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I served on the SA Drakenstein as a Navigating Cadet in 1970.
ReplyDeleteThe Captain at the time was Captain Chambers.
What happened to the Drakenstein and her sister ships?
Is Captian Chambers still with Safmarine?
The web site is great.
Regards to all,
John Bond
All the ships in my blog have now been scrapped.
ReplyDeleteThe S.A. Drakenstein in 1984. I did not know the Captain in fact very few, only the people on the ships that I sailed on.
Do you have any photos of the Drakenstein that I could use on the website?
Regards,
Lister