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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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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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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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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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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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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Commander Leon Steyn, Curator SA Naval Museum “We are all in a state of trying to remember… If the body heals, but the spirit doesn’t, you’ve got a problem… And when it comes to inter-generational tra [...]
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Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence
SA Naval Museum Awarded Tripadvisor Certificate of Excellence for 2018. TripAdvisor is an interactive travel website, with more than 315 million reviewers and over 500 million reviews of hotels, resta [...]
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Kalk Bay Tragedy Remembered
On Friday the 17th of December 1965 at about 10:50 in the morning a South African Navy 32-foot cutter, (a wooden training boat) manned by men of the newly established South African Coloured Corps, ove [...]
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Holiday Times
Please take note of the following visiting hours during the upcoming holiday season. SA NAVAL MUSEUM DECEMBER/JANUARY The South African Naval Museum will be open to the public during the festive seaso [...]
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