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Where South African destroyer construction was considered

Potential South African destroyer programs were associated with facilities around Cape Town, Durban, and Port Elizabeth, now Gqeberha.

Question

Where were the South African yards that might have built destroyers?

Short answer

The recalled proposals involved facilities around Cape Town, Durban, and Port Elizabeth or modern Gqeberha, although the individual yard names were not available.

Notes

The available recollection does not identify the individual yard names. It places facilities considered in several programs around Cape Town, Durban, and Port Elizabeth, the city now known as Gqeberha. These are geographic pointers rather than a definitive yard list, but they show that Commonwealth destroyer construction was considered at more than one South African port.