An exciting new museum project is taking shape in the harbour town of Lüderitz in Namibia. A maritime museum will be developed as part of the Lüderitz waterfront development, funded by the Namibian go [...]
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18
Apr
2019
Commander Leon Steyn, SA Naval Museum The Navy Cross (South Africa); post-nominal letters CN (Crux Navalis); was a military decoration, instituted in 1987 to replace the Honoris Crux decoration and aw [...]
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09
Apr
2019
VISITS & DONATIONS
Captain Richard Stephen (Ret) visited the South African Naval Museum today. He was "clearing house" in Pretoria and decided to donate a number of historical items to the museum. Until his retirement i [...]
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On 9 March 2019, Mrs Glynneth Carrington from Fishhoek and her son Mr Nevil Carrington and wife Doreen visited the museum to personally deliver a 100 year old crocheted pillow case. The pillow case wa [...]
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15
Mar
2019
HISTORIC PENNANT NUMBERS & THE NEW BIRO IPVs
Commander Leon Steyn The South African Navy Museum can be regarded as the "Memory of the Fleet". In this respect the museum assisted Navy Headquarters in Pretoria recently, whom had requested the co [...]
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18
Feb
2019
SAS PRESIDENT KRUGER – 37 YEARS LATER
SAS PRESIDENT KRUGER - 37 YEARS LATER. The SA Naval Museum pays homage to the 16 men that lost their lives in the early morning hours on the 18th of February 1982, 37 years ago. The display at the mus [...]
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12
Feb
2019
PIROW BUSH CART
Named after Mr Oswald Pirow, Minister of Defence, 1933-1939. Built in 1938. Its original purpose was as a general transport vehicle in African bush warfare. It was later relegated to smaller tasks [...]
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05
Feb
2019
THE FUTURE OF SAS SOMERSET
THE FUTURE OF SAS SOMERSET. The SA Naval Museum has an important part to play to ensure the preservation of our naval heritage in South Africa. This is the content of a recent memo that was sent to IZ [...]
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01
Feb
2019
INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDS
The inaugural meeting of the Friends of the South African Naval Museum was successfully held on Thursday 31 January 2019. Although the turnout was less than expected on the blustery "night at the mus [...]
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