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HMSAS Swale (K 217)

Frigate of the River class

NavyThe South African Navy
TypeFrigate
ClassRiver 
PennantK 217 
Built bySmiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down19 Aug, 1941 
Launched16 Jan, 1942 
Commissioned26 Jul, 1945 
End serviceJan, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryTransferred to the South African Navy on 26 July 1945.
Returned to the Royal Navy in January 1946.
Scrapped on 26 February 1955. 
Former nameHMS Swale

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