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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08
Nov
2019
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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23
Jul
2019
WASP & VOORTREKKER, to meet again…
YACHT VOORTREKKER You will remember that we reported on the transfer of the yacht Voortrekker to the SA Navy Museum, as approved by the Chief of the Navy, earlier this year. We are glad to report that [...]
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12
Jul
2019
25 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY (Part 2)
THE HISTORIC EVENTS - 25 YEARS AGO (PART 2) JUNE - JULY 1994 June-July 1994: The SAS Drakensberg (Capt Preston Barnard) continued its three month “friendship cruise” to Europe and West Africa. Ports o [...]
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03
May
2019
25 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY
THE HISTORIC EVENTS - 25 YEARS AGO April & May 1994 20 April 1994: “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika” was officially recognised alongside “Die Stem van Suid-Afrika” as the National Anthem. The National An [...]
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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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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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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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11
Dec
2018
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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