SAS Good Hope

	HMSAS Good Hope, Loch Class frigate at sea in 1945
History
United Kingdom
Name	Loch Boisdale
Namesake	Lochboisdale
Ordered	28 December 1942
Builder	Blyth Harbour and Dock Company, Blyth, Northumberland
Laid down	8 November 1943
Launched	5 July 1944
Fate	Transferred to the South African Navy, 9 November 1944
South Africa
Name	Good Hope
Namesake	Cape Province
Completed	1 December 1944
Acquired	9 November 1944
Commissioned	9 November 1944
Decommissioned	1978
Fate	Scuttled 12 December 1978
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Loch-class frigate
Displacement	1,435 long tons (1,458 t) (standard load); 2,260 long tons (2,300 t) (deep load);
Length	307 ft (93.6 m)
Beam	38 ft 7 in (11.8 m)
Draught	12 ft 4 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	114
Sensors and ; processing systems	Types 144 and 147B ASDIC; Type 277 surface-search radar;
Armament	1 × single QF 4-inch Mark V; 1 × quadruple 2-pounder (40 mm) "pom-pom" AA gun; 2 × twin, 2 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns; 2 × triple-barrelled Squid anti-submarine mortars; 1 × rail, 2 × throwers for 15 depth charges;

SAS Good Hope (pennant number: F432) was one of three Loch-class frigates in the South African Navy (SAN). It was built as HMS Loch Boisdale (K432) for the Royal Navy during World War II, but was transferred to the SAN before completion in 1944 and renamed as HMSAS Good Hope. The ship was assigned to convoy escort duties in 1945, but did not encounter any enemy ships before the end of the war.

It was assigned to ferry troops home from Egypt afterwards and made port visits in Middle Africa in 1948. Upon returning home, Good Hope was placed in reserve until it was converted into a training ship during the mid-1950s and served as the navy's flagship. The ship was again placed in reserve in 1965 and was sold for scrap in 1977. Good Hope's remains were donated for use as an artificial reef and it was scuttled the following year.

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