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The River-class mine hunters were ordered in 1978 as Research Vessels to be operated by the Navy for the Department of Transport to circumvent the arms embargo in place at the time. They were originally named Navors (Afrikaans for Research) and numbered 1 to 4〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The South African Navy during the years of conflict in Southern Africa 1966-1989 )〕 The first ship Navors I was shipped to Durban from Germany in June 1980 for fitting out, shortly followed by the second.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Mine Warfare Forces )〕 The last pair were built in Durban. The vessels were painted blue with white upperworks and formed the First Research Squadron. They were renamed in 1982 after South African rivers - (Umkomaas, Umhloti, Umgeni, Umzimkulu) but continued to fly the national flag and not the naval ensign. The prefix RV was only changed to SAS on 3 February 1988 when they were formally accepted as naval ships.〔 ==See also== * List of decommissioned ships of the South African Navy * List of ships of the South African Navy 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「River-class mine hunters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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