MUSEUM, MEMORY, MEMORIALISATION “When people visit museums, they bring their life experiences with them. Often, their encounter with objects in the museum brings back vivid recollections, half-remembe [...]
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17
Oct
2020
03
Oct
2020
THE NAVY SWORD OF PEACE
THE NAVY SWORD OF PEACE From: 'The South African Navy - 25 Years of Democracy' by Commander Leon Steyn (SA Naval Museum) The Navy Sword of Peace was presented to the South African Navy by the Wilkinso [...]
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19
Aug
2020
FRIGATES & DESTROYERS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY
From our weekly series on Frigates and Destroyers of the South African Naval (1946-2020) that featured on our museum facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SANavalMuseum/ , here is the entire collecti [...]
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Commander Leon Steyn SA Naval Museum SAS SKILPAD was an unlikely man-of-war, that started its war career in service of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine and continued to feature on the South African Navy li [...]
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23
Apr
2020
VIRTUAL TOURS OF THE MUSEUM
The Chief of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF), General Solly Shoke, has described the fight against Covid-19 as akin to World War III. The Covid-19 (Corona virus) has certainly seriously affected [...]
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16
Mar
2020
THE CORONA VIRUS – MUSEUM CLOSED
THE CORONA VIRUS - MUSEUM CLOSED: In line with the announcement made by the President and our Commander-in-Chief last night, we regret to inform you that the South African Naval Museum will be closed [...]
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19
Feb
2020
THREE SHIPS MONTH
In South African maritime and naval history, the month of February has become known as "3 ships month". Three ships disasters have become part of maritime history in South Africa. The South African Na [...]
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08
Nov
2019
POPPY DAY – 11 NOVEMBER
Armistice Day (also known as Poppy Day or Remembrance Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who h [...]
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The updating of the South African Navy Roll of Honour was initiated by Flag Officer Fleet, Rear Admiral B.K. Mhlana, as part of the Project TSHINTSHA initiative in 2019. The Navy’s Roll of Honour is m [...]
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31
Aug
2019
THE FLEET PULLING REGATTA
In 2019 Flag Officer Fleet, Rear Admiral (JG) B.K. Mhlana announced that the Fleet pulling regatta would be revived for the first time in fourteen years, as part of the South African Navy’s ‘25 Years [...]
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