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HMSAS Parktown (T39)
HMSAS ''Parktown'' was a minesweeping whaler of the South African Naval Services that was sunk during the Second World War. She was built as the whaler ''Southern Sky'' for the Southern Whaling and Sealing Company in 1929 and sold in 1936 to the Union Whaling Company, acquiring the new name ''Sidney Smith''. She was requisitioned on 8 August 1940 as HMSAS ''Parktown'' and was converted to sweep magnetic mines. She arrived at Tobruk on 10 June 1942 just in time to take part in the evacuation of Allied forces. She was the last ship to leave Tobruk harbour prior to its capitulation to German forces on 20 June 1942.〔 ''Parktown'' embarked 60 troops and took a tug in tow outside the harbour. Her reduced speed led to her being attacked by Axis E-boats, most probably Italian "MAS" torpedo-armed motorboats. Gunfire from the motor boats destroyed the bridge, ruptured the boiler, killed or wounded half of the men on board and led to on-board ammunition exploding, causing her to finally stop moving and setting the ship on fire. She was finally sunk on the evening of 21 June 1942 by an Allied MTB which had arrived to pick up survivors.
==Civilian career==
The Southern Whaling and Sealing Company of London ordered the laying down of two additional ships for their operations in South Africa in 1929. The order was placed with Smiths Dock Company of Middlesbrough and was for two whalers, to be named ''Southern Sun'' and ''Southern Sky,'' both of which to be registered in Cape Town. The ships were laid down and launched in 1929. In 1936, both ships were bought by the Union Whaling Company and registered in Durban as ''Albert Hulett'' and ''Sidney Smith'' respectively. Both ships were used for whaling in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic until 1940.〔
After the outbreak of World War II, the South African Naval Service was tasked with ensuring free access to the main South African ports〔Walvis Bay, Saldanah Bay, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London and Durban.〕 for Allied ships passing the Cape. The absence of naval minesweepers lead to a program of requisitioning civilian ships and converting them to this role. ''Albert Hulett'' and ''Sidney Smith'' were requisitioned on 8 August 1940 with ''Albert Hulett'' being re-named HMSAS ''Langlaagte'' and ''Sidney Smith'' as HMSAS ''Parktown'' after the Johannesburg suburb of Parktown.〔
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