For other ships of the same name, see HMS Wrangler.
| HMS Wrangler (R48) | |
|---|---|
 Wrangler in June 1944 | |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Wrangler (R48) & (F157) |
| Ordered: | 3 December 1941 |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong |
| Laid down: | 23 September 1942 |
| Launched: | 29 September 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 14 July 1944 |
| Fate: | Sold to South Africa 1957 |
| Career (South Africa) |  |
| Name: | SAS Vyrstaat (F157) |
| Fate: | Sunk as Target 1976 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | W class destroyer |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Type 15 frigate |
HMS Wrangler (R48) was an W-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F157. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.[1] In 1954 Wrangler was involved in the search for wreckage of the BOAC de Havilland Comet airliner G-ALYP, that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea near the island of Elba.
Sold to the South African Navy in 1957 as the SAS Vrystaat, the pennant number remaining the same.
References[]
- ↑ Souvenir Programme, Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953, HMSO, Gale and Polden
Publications[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
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