List of decommissioned ships of the South African Navy

The following is a list of decommissioned ships of the South African Navy.

Corvettes
Ordered from France in 1976, but the sale was blocked in 1977 by United Nations Security Council Resolution 418 after official naming, but before they could be delivered or commissioned.

Boom defence vessels
Boom defence vessels were used to maintain anti-submarine nets and anti-torpedo nets around ports, anchorages and individual ships.

Monitors
Monitors were small warships which were neither fast nor strongly armoured, but carried disproportionately large guns for shore bombardment.