| Name: | NATAL |
| Type: | Patrol Frigate |
| Keel: | 18/10/1943 |
| Launched: | 19/06/1944 |
| Completed: | 08/03/1945 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1788 |
| Dimensions: | 1435disp - 2260disp, 286.0 x 38.5 x 8.75(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 6500hp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 20.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 4.0ins QF, 1 x 4 x 2pdr AA, 2 x 2 x 40mm AA, 8 x 1 x 20mm guns; |
| 2 x 3 x Squid anti-submarine mortar; 2 x depth charge throwers | |
| History: | |
| 08/03/1945 | Government of South Africa |
| 19/09/1972 | Sank |
| Comments: | A member of the Loch Class of Frigates |
| 19/06/1944: Launched as LOCH CREE | |
| 01/03/1945: Transferred to the South African Navy | |
| 1957: Converted to a hydrgraphic survey vessel | |
| 19/09/1972: Sunk as a target off Cape of Good Hope |
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo showing NATAL as a survey vessel is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo showing NATAL as a survey vessel is courtesy of Photoship