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South Africa bids farewell to an old faithful, SA Agulhas – DefenceWeb | SA News

On 6 March 2026, the former South African Antarctic supply ship SA Agulhas (IMO 7628136) slipped quietly from Durban harbour for the last time.

Renamed simply Agulhas (from SA Agulhas I), her destination was not another voyage south into the ice, but the shipbreaking yards of South Asia — India or Bangladesh — where her long career will finally be dismantled. For many, her departure marks the end of an era in South Africa’s maritime and scientific history.

SA Agulhas was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Shimonoseki, Japan, launched in September 1977 and delivered in January 1978. Measuring 111.95 metres in length with a beam of 18.05 metres, she was designed as a robust polar…

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