Evert Groenewald

Last updated

Evert Phillipus Groenewald
Nickname(s)Gringo
AllegianceFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Service/branchNaval Ensign of South Africa.svg  South African Navy
Years of service1963 - 1999
RankRear Admiral
Commands held
  • Chief of Naval Operations
  • Chief of Naval Staff Intelligence
Awards
  • Southern Cross Decoration
  • Southern Cross Medal
  • Military Merit Medal
Relationsdaughter Tina Struthers

Rear Admiral Evert Groenewald is a retired South African Navy officer, who served as Chief of Naval Operations before his retirement in 1999.

He joined the Navy in 1963 [1] at the South African Naval College and later obtained a BMil (BSc) at the South African Military Academy

He commanded the submarines SAS Emily Hobhouse and SAS Johanna van der Merwe [2]

He served as Chief of Naval Staff Intelligence as a Commodore [3] and on 1 May 1996 was promoted to rear admiral and appointed Chief of Naval Operations. [4]

He retired in 1999 and the post of Chief of Naval Operations was re-organised into Flag Officer Fleet during a Navy restructuring. [5]

Related Research Articles

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.

Lambert Jackson Woodburne

Lambert Jackson Woodburne was Chief of the South African Navy from 1 July 1990 to 31 August 1992. He is one of only two people to have been awarded the Van Riebeeck Decoration, which he received for Special Forces operations in Tanzania. He was more commonly known by his nickname "Woody".

Vice Admiral Johan Retief was the Chief of the South African Navy from 2000 to 2005.

Vice-Admiral Robert Claude Simpson-Anderson is a former Chief of the South African Navy

Glen Syndercombe

Vice Admiral Glen Syndercombe was a former Chief of the South African Navy.

Andries Putter

Vice Admiral Andries Petrus Putter was a South African military commander who served as Chief of the South African Navy twice, first from 1982 to 1985 and again from 1989 to 1990. He was born in Brits in 1935.

Fleet Command is the South African Navy's single type command and controls all vessels and units of the South African Navy, besides Naval Headquarters. The commander of Fleet Command is a Rear Admiral and referred to as Flag Officer Fleet (FOF). The post was previously known as Chief of Naval Operations.

Phillip Schoultz

Rear Admiral Philip Schöultz is a retired Rear Admiral in the South African Navy, who served as Flag Officer Fleet.

Rear Admiral(ret) Robert William Higgs is a former-South African Navy officer, who served as Chief of Naval Staff from 1 November 2010 to 31 August 2016.

Rear Admiral Chris Bennett is the author of a number of books.

Vice Admiral Martyn Trainor is a retired South African Navy Officer, who served as Chief of Corporate Staff of the South African National Defence Force.

Rear Admiral Eric Green was a South African Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Fleet from 1999 to 2005, when he retired.

Anthony Neville Howell is a retired Rear Admiral of the South African Navy. After completing school at Fish Hoek High School he joined the Navy in 1965. He completed a B. Mil degree at the South African Military Academy in 1968 and then volunteered for submarines. He commanded the submarine SAS Maria van Riebeeck from 1981 to 1983. He was the Officer Commanding South African Naval College from 1989 to 1992. In 1993 he was promoted to Commodore and appointed Chief of Naval Staff Plans. In 1998 he was appointed Director Naval Acquisition before being promoted to rear admiral on 1 April 1999 with appointment as Chief Director Maritime Warfare. He retired from the Navy on 31 July 2001

Rear Admiral Arne Söderlund is a retired South African Navy officer and author.

Rear Admiral Karl Wiesner is a retired South African Navy officer, who served as Director Maritime Warfare.

Rear Admiral Patrick Duze is a South African Navy officer currently serving as Director Force Preparation at the Joint Operations Division

Vice Admiral Piet Loedolff is a retired South African Navy officer and author.

Rear Admiral Paul Viljoen is a retired South African Navy officer, who served as Chief of Naval Operations before his retirement.

Jaap Weideman

Rear Admiral Jacob Andries Cornelius 'Jaap' Weideman was a South African Navy officer.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 June 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ SA Navy museum
  3. ↑ "Ons Vloot vandag 70 jaar stokoud / Our Navy turns 70". Die Beeld. 1 April 1992. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Vloot kry nuwe operasionele stafhoof / Navy gets new Operational Head". Die Beeld. 19 March 1996. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Molebeledi, Pule (16 July 1988). "South Africa: Pretoria navy chiefs post to be abolished". AllAfrica. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by Chief of Naval Operations
1996-1999		Succeeded by
Post disestablished


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.