SAS Walvisbaai

History
United Kingdom
Name	Packington
Namesake	Packington
Builder	Harland and 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[1]
Name	Mojo
Acquired	2006
Status	In service
Notes	Converted to a yacht from 2006-2012
General characteristics
Class and type	Ton-class minesweeper
Displacement	360 long tons (370 t) (standard) 440 t (430 long tons) (deep load)
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.