Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, was a South African statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various military and cabinet posts, he served as prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 to 1924 and 1939 to 1948.
The South African Navy is the naval warfare branch of the South African National Defence Force.
SAS Isandlwana (F146) is the second of four Valour-class frigates for the South African Navy built by the European South African Corvette Consortium. SAS Isandlwana was named after the Battle of Isandlwana at a ceremony held in Kiel in December 2002, by Deputy Defence Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge.
SAS Tafelberg was a replenishment ship (AOR) of the South African Navy. The ship started life as the Danish tanker Annam before undergoing various conversions into her final configuration.
Hendrik Mentz DTD was a South African Party lawyer, politician, soldier and South African Minister of Defence from 1919 to 1924.
SAS Drakensberg (A301) is a fleet replenishment ship (AOR) of the South African Navy (SAN), with the primary role of assisting and supporting the SAN's combat vessels at sea. Built by the Sandock Austral shipyard in Durban, it is the largest and most sophisticated warship to have been built in South Africa.
The South African Labour Party, was a South African political party formed in March 1910 in the newly created Union of South Africa following discussions between trade unions, the Transvaal Independent Labour Party, and the Natal Labour Party. It was a professedly democratic socialist party representing the interests of the white working class.
The Warrior-class strike craft are in service with the South African Navy, with the design being a modified Sa'ar 4 (Reshef)-class fast attack craft. The class was initially known as the Minister class as all the boats were named after South African Ministers of Defence, before being renamed Warrior-class after 1994. The strike craft flotilla was known as SAS Scorpion.
Vice Admiral Johan Retief was the Chief of the South African Navy from 2000 to 2005.
SAS Manthatisi (S101) is a Heroine-class submarine currently in service with the South African Navy. SAS Manthatisi is named after the female warrior chief of the Batlokwa tribe. The Executive Mayor of Naledi Local Municipality and the godmother of the S101, Dr. Ruth Segomotso Mompati, announced the name of the submarine in 2006 at a ceremony in Simon's Town.
Vice-Admiral Robert Claude Simpson-Anderson is a former Chief of the South African Navy
Vice Admiral Glen Syndercombe was a former Chief of the South African Navy.
Rear Admiral Philip Schöultz is a retired Rear Admiral in the South African Navy, who served as Flag Officer Fleet.
Salisbury Island is located inside the Port of Durban on the east coast of South Africa; it is a former island until the Second World War when construction of a naval base connected it to the mainland by a causeway. The island, then a mangrove-covered sandbank, was named after HMS Salisbury, the Royal Navy ship that surveyed the future harbour area for the newly established Port Natal Colony in the 1820s.
Rear Admiral Alan Green is a retired South African Navy officer who served as Chief: Military Policy, Strategy and Planning for the South African National Defence Force. He retired in 2012.
Rear Admiral Guy Jamieson is a retired South African Navy officer, served as Deputy Chief of the South African Navy.
Rear Admiral Karl Wiesner is a retired South African Navy officer, who served as Director Maritime Warfare.
SAS Isaac Dyobha is a Warrior-class strike craft of the South African Navy, currently configured as an Offshore Patrol Vessel.
SAS Galeshewe was a Warrior-class strike craft of the South African Navy, configured as an Offshore Patrol Vessel before being decommissioned in 2020.
SAS Makhanda is a Warrior-class strike craft of the South African Navy, currently configured as an Offshore Patrol Vessel.
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