SAS Walvisbaai
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Packington |
| Namesake | Packington |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast |
| Launched | 3 July 1958 |
| Completed | 21 May 1959 |
| Fate | Sold to the South African Navy before commissioning |
| South Africa | |
| Name | Walvisbaai |
| Namesake | Walvis Bay |
| Acquired | 20 September 1959 |
| Decommissioned | March 2001 |
| Fate | Sold to the Walt Disney Co., 2003; later sold to private interests. |
| Panama | |
| Name | Mojo |
| Acquired | 2006 |
| Status | In service |
| Notes | Converted to a yacht from 2006-2012 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Ton-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 153 ft (46.6 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 7 in (8.4 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 2 in (2.5 m) |
| Installed power | 2 × 3,000 bhp (2,237 kW) diesel engines |
| Propulsion | 2 × propeller shafts |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 32 |
| Armament | 1 x Bofors 40 mm gun |
HMS Packington (pennant number: M1214) was a Ton-class minesweeper completed in 1959 by Harland & Wolff for the Royal Navy, but transferred before commissioning to the South African Navy as SAS Walvisbaai. The ship was decommissioned in March 2001 and was sold to the Walt Disney Company in 2003 to be used in the Wes Anderson film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
Post filming the vessel was sold and was subsequently converted into a private yacht.