SAS Tafelberg
| History | |
|---|---|
| Denmark | |
| Name | MT Annam |
| Builder | Nakskov Skibsværft, Nakskov, Denmark |
| Yard number | 150 |
| Launched | 20 June 1958 |
| Home port | Copenhagen |
| Fate | Sold to Safmarine in 1965 |
| South Africa | |
| Renamed | SAS Tafelberg (1965) |
| Namesake | Table Mountain |
| Operator | South African Navy |
| Commissioned | 19 August 1967 |
| Decommissioned | 1993 |
| Reclassified |
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| Home port | Simonstown |
| Identification | A23 |
| Nickname(s) | 'Mama Tafies' or 'Tafies' |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1993 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 18,980 tons |
| Length | 170.5 m (559 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 21.9 m (71 ft 10 in) |
| Draught | 8.3 m (27 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion | 10,000 hp (7,500 kW) 8-cylinder turbo-charged diesel |
| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 6 Delta fast assault craft |
| Complement | 9 officers and 118 ratings |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × Atlas Oryx helicopters |
SAS Tafelberg was a replenishment ship (AOR) of the South African Navy. The ship started life as the Danish tanker Annam before undergoing various conversions into her final configuration.