Sarah Baartman (ship)

{{Short description|Environmental offshore patrol vessel}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Use South African English|date=April 2012}}

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Sarah Baartman is a South African environmental protection vessel—of the Damen Offshore Patrol Vessel 8313 class.

{{cite news

| url=http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=468&Itemid=363

| title=Fact file: Sarah Baartman-class offshore environmental patrol vessel

| publisher=Defence Web

| date=10 October 2008

| author=Leon Engelbrecht

| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719151425/http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=468&Itemid=363

| archivedate=2011-07-19

| url-status=live

| accessdate=2009-09-26

}}

{{cite news

| url=http://www.damen.nl/References/Recent_deliveries.aspx?mId=8573

| title=Recent deliveries: Damen offshore patrol vessel 8313, Sarah Baartman

| publisher=Damen Group

| date=December 2004

| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720151059/http://www.damen.nl/References/Recent_deliveries.aspx?mId=8573

| url-status=dead

| archivedate=2011-07-20

}}

{{cite news

| url=http://www.damen.nl/Upload/PDF/mID_6129_cID_5140_BN555053-Offshore-Patrol-Vessel%208313.pdf

| title=Damen OPV 8313: "Sarah Baartman"

| publisher=Damen Group

| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720151109/http://www.damen.nl/Upload/PDF/mID_6129_cID_5140_BN555053-Offshore-Patrol-Vessel%208313.pdf

| url-status=dead

| archivedate=2011-07-20

}}

The Sarah Baartman was commissioned on 10 January 2005.

{{cite news

|url = http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/sa-ready-to-take-on-marine-poachers-1.231230

|title = SA ready to take on marine poachers

|work = The Independent|location=London

|date = 2005-01-10

|accessdate = 2011-12-05

|quote = South Africa's ability to take on poachers in the Southern Ocean received a major boost on Monday when it took official delivery of its first deep-sea patrol vessel, the Sarah Baartman.

|author = Ben Maclennan

|url-status = live

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150620123622/http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/sa-ready-to-take-on-marine-poachers-1.231230

|archivedate = 20 June 2015

}}

Named after Khoikhoi woman, Sarah Baartman, she was built by Damen Group, of the Netherlands, at one of its Romanian shipyards, and was designed to be capable of patrolling South Africa's entire EEZ, including the area around the southerly Prince Edward Islands.

{{cite news

| url=http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=14&art_id=vn20070529113113867C230795

| title= Trio arrested for perlemoen haul

| work=The Independent|location=London

| date=29 May 2007

| author=John Yeld

| archiveurl=https://archive.today/20091004225350/http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=14&art_id=vn20070529113113867C230795

| url-status=dead

| archivedate=2009-10-04

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{{cite news

| url=http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20070929095525649C565165

| title=Seaman killed aboard SA supply ship

| work=The Independent|location=London

| date=29 September 2007

| author=Bronwynne Esbach

| archiveurl=https://archive.today/20091007011925/http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20070929095525649C565165

| url-status=dead

| archivedate=2009-10-07

}}

{{cite news

| url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=qw114796638193B265

| title=Sarah Baartman hauls in suspected poachers

| work=The Independent|location=London

| date=18 May 2006

| archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130421214252/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=qw114796638193B265

| url-status=dead

| archivedate=2013-04-21

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On 3 October 2007 the Sarah Baartman took custody of two men accused of murdering a fellow crew member of the South African icebreaker S. A. Agulhas.

{{cite news

| url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20071010113254452C619167

| title=Supply ship murder accused denied bail

| work=The Independent|location=London

| date=10 October 2007

| author=Fouzia van der Fort

| archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130421223922/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20071010113254452C619167

| archivedate=2013-04-21

| url-status=dead

| accessdate=2009-09-26

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{{cite news

| url=http://www.tristantimes.com/artd_4589_10_2007_4.html

| title=Tristan : SA Agulhas update

| work=Tristan Times

| date=3 October 2007

| author=Sarah Glass

| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820063154/http://www.tristantimes.com/artd_4589_10_2007_4.html

| url-status=dead

| archivedate=2008-08-20

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The South African government has been criticized for chartering the Sarah Baartman to support offshore oil drilling.

{{cite news

| url=http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=79&art_id=vn20080829111945124C495532&set_id=1

| title=Anti-poaching boat 'outsourced'

| work=The Independent|location=London

| date=29 August 2008

| author=John Yeld

| archiveurl=https://archive.today/20091004230851/http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=79&art_id=vn20080829111945124C495532&set_id=1

| url-status=dead

| archivedate=2009-10-04

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The vessels carry limited equipment for enclosing and skimming oil spills, and fire-fighting water cannons.