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However, the base at Saldanha soon reverted to a training base in 1951 when the Naval Gymnasium was set up with 44 trainees reporting for a year's training. [1] Before the unit was christened SAS Saldanha on 1 March 1956, it was known as the "Naval and Marine Gymnasium" and "SAS Drommedaris."
HMS Thames was a Mersey-class cruiser launched in 1885 for the Royal Navy. Thomas Benjamin Frederick Davis was a wealthy businessman, yachtsman and philanthropist. In 1920 Davis bought the Thames from the British Admiralty and sent her to South Africa.
SAS Saldanha) located on the West Coast and provides training and development for ratings [ 3 ] SAS Wingfield – ( 33°54′24.9″S 18°31′53.46″E / 33.906917°S 18.5315167°E / -33.906917; 18.5315167 ) located in the Greater Cape Town
SAS Saldanha - located on the West Coast and provides training and development for ratings [11] SAS Wingfield - located in the Greater Cape Town area; provides practical training for apprentices and the technical musterings [12] SAS Simonsberg - training in gunnery, anti-submarine warfare, communications, diving and seamanship [13]
Woodburne was schooled in the Eastern Cape and Swaziland and served in the Naval Gymnasium at Saldanha Bay in 1958. [7] He then joined the Permanent Force and enrolled for a Bachelor of Military Science (B. Mil) degree studying at both Stellenbosch University and the Faculty of Military Science at the South African Military Academy from 1960 to ...
Vice Admiral Andries Petrus Putter SSAS SD MMM (2 December 1935 – 17 July 2014) [1] 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. [2]
The academy was established on 1 April 1950 under the auspices of the University of Pretoria and the South African Military College [1] (now the South African Army College) in Voortrekkerhoogte (now Thaba Tswane), with the goal of elevating students to a BA (Mil) or BSc (Mil) degree to meet the intellectual challenges of modern war.
He started at the Naval Gymnasium at Saldanha Bay in 1963, then attended the Military Academy, and later graduated from Stellenbosch University in 1966. He served as a Watch keeping Officer on several vessels, including the SAS President Pretorius, SAS President Steyn, SAS President Kruger, SAS Kimberley, and SAS Port Elizabeth.