WORLD OF WARSHIPS UK TYPE 12M ROTHESAY CLASS UK BUILT FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY PRESIDENT CLASS

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ALL THREE WERE BUILT BY DIFFERENT UK SHIP BUILDERS. THE PRESIDENT CLASS WAS A UK TYPE 12 ROTHESAY CLASS ANTI-SUBMARINE FRIGATE CONSISTING OF THREE ASW FRIGATES THAT ENTERED SERVICE WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY DURNG THE MID 60S. AS WITH THEIR UK COUNTERPARTS, ALL THREE WERE CONVERTED TO OPERATE A WASP HELICOPTER ALONG WITH LANDING DECK AND HANGAR. THIS MEANT THE LOSS OF ONE SET OF MK I0 ASW TRIPLE MORTARS. THE DBL 4.5 IN DP QF GUNS FWD REMAINED. THE TWIN 40mm BOFORS AA GUN WAS REPLACED WITH TWO SINGLE 40mm BOFORS ATOP THE HANGER. TWO AMERICAN MK 32 TRIPLE BARRELLED 324mm (12.75in) ASW TORPEDOES WERE ALSO ADDED AMIDSHIPS. THE CONVERSION TOOK PLACE DURING THE 70s