WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE SOUTH AFRICAN NAVAL MUSEUM GOOGLE MY BUSINESS REVIEWS Google My Business is a free and easy-to-use tool for businesses and organizations to manage their online pre [...]
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Read MoreTHE FINAL VOYAGE OF SAS GALESHEWE
SHORT HISTORY OF P1567 SAS HENDRIK MENTZ / SAS GALESHEWE Commander Leon Steyn South African Naval Museum P1567 was one of nine former Minister class strike craft in service with the South African Navy [...]
Read MoreMUSEUM, MEMORY, MEMORIALISATION
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 [...]
Read MoreTHE 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 [...]
Read MoreFRIGATES & 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 [...]
Read MoreCommander 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 [...]
Read MoreVIRTUAL 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 [...]
Read MoreTHE 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 [...]
Read MoreTHREE 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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