HMSAS Africana
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hmsas-africana-324-2024121
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HMSAS Africana
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HMSAS Africana was a minesweeping trawler of the South African Seaward Defence Force during the Second World War. She was originally a sea fisheries research vessel and was later fitted for mine-sweeping and survey duties in the early 1930s. She was retained for survey duties off the South African coast throughout the war and in October 1942 she was involved in the rescue of survivors from the American cargo vessel Anne Hutchinson after she was torpedoed by U-504 off East London. In addition to
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMSAS_Africana
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2023-06-26T08:20:03Z
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