Tag: SAN
SA Navy needs more than three offshore and three inshore patrol...
Although a welcome boost to the South African Navy and local shipbuilding industry, the six new inshore and offshore patrol vessels being...
Mid-life refit of SAS Amatola almost completed
Southern African Shipyards (SAS) has almost completed the mid-life refit of the SAS Amatola, which is due to be handed back to...
New Captain for the Queen
The South African Navy's third Type 209 diesel-electric submarine, SAS Queen Modjadji I, received a new Officer Commanding on Wednesday.
During the Change...
ISS: Can Project Biro help Africa to overcome its maritime security...
A conference held on Project Biro in Simon's Town last month marks an important step for improving South Africa's maritime security. Project...
Tender closing date for Project Hotel extended
The complexity of a tender for a new hydrographic vessel for the SA Navy has seen the closing date extended by two...
Operation Copper stretching SA Navy
Operation Copper, the anti-piracy deployment in the Mozambique Channel, is a demanding and expensive operation that is stretching the South African Navy,...
SA Navy exploring SAS Drakensberg replacement
The South African navy is looking at the eventual replacement of the combat support ship SAS Drakensberg, since the maritime arm of...
Navies learn good lessons from Ex Good Hope
Now in its third week, both the South African and German navies are learning and improving from partaking in Exercise Good Hope...
Simon’s Town gearing up for SA Navy Festival
The South African Navy is making final preparations for its annual Festival which begins this Friday at Simon's Town Naval Base and...
SA Navy Museum leads with Transformation Display
The South African Navy has led the way amongst all the SANDF arms of service by formally opening a Transformation Display at...
SAS Amatola undergoing midlife refit
The South African Navy frigate SAS Amatola has had both of her engines changed as part of a major mid-life refit that...
Chief Navy visits Zimbabwe for Exercise Nyaminyami
The South African Navy recently attended Exercise Nyaminyami, involving Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana on the Kariba dam.
The South African Naval delegation was...
Admiral in charge of frigate acquisition denies contracting irregularities
Rear Admiral Jonathan Kamerman, who was in charge of the acquisition of four frigates for the South African Navy as part of...
SAS Spioenkop returns from Operation Copper
The SA Navy frigate SAS Spioenkop has completed a successful five month deployment on Operation Copper, South Africa's anti-piracy mission in the...
Royal Navy in exercise with SA sub
The British Royal Navy (RN) is making use of the opportunities provided by the Naval Base Simon's Town maintenance facilities to conduct...
Navy hails new Chief
The South African Navy (SAN) has a new Chief. In a day full of traditional pomp and ceremony, Vice Admiral Johannes Mudimu...
Operation Copper now only with SA and Mozambique
Operation Copper, the mission to provide maritime security and prevent piracy in the Mozambique Channel, is now a bilateral operation between South...
Mudimu highlights SA Navy achievements
Vice Admiral Johannes Mudimu, speaking over the weekend at his last public event in his position as Chief of the Navy before...
Cape Town reaffirms Navy’s right of entry
The City of Cape Town has reaffirmed the South African Navy's (SAN) right of entry into Simon's Town.
Speaking at the Right of...
Do we really need to patrol the Mozambique Channel?
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has claimed that the reduction in piracy off Africa's East coast is partly as a result of SA...
Navy rising to meet new challenges
The South Africa Navy (SAN) is facing ever increasing demands to perform with little in the way of extra resources, but is...
Navy bids farewell to Admiral Schoultz
The South African Navy bid farewell to Rear Admiral Philip Schoultz in traditional naval style on Thursday morning when a mini fleet...
Spioenkop home after flying for flag for six weeks
The South African Navy frigate SAS Spioenkop ported in Simon's town earlier today, ending a six week voyage that took in six...
SA Navy spent a fifth of targeted hours at sea last...
The South African Navy spent 7 300 hours at sea during the 2012/13 financial year, just one fifth of the targeted number,...
Navy shows the flag on West Coast patrol
The South African Navy frigate SAS Spioenkop departed Simon's Town Wednesday morning on a patrol along the west coast of Africa, destined...
CAD unveils Ship’s Bridge Simulator
Cybicom Atlas Defence (CAD) unveiled its Ship's Bridge Simulator advanced concept demonstrator at a South African Navy/industry simulator symposium earlier this month.
Dave...
Navy focuses on advancing simulation training
The South African Navy (SAN) is developing a master plan for the use of simulators, with the SAN Simulation Workgroup hosting a...
Navy unveils new submarine test bed
The SA Navy can now work on development and engineering changes in a non-mission critical environment with the acquisition of a new...
“People’s Navy” goes green
The maritime arm of the SANDF has unobtrusively been adding to its status of "The People's Navy" as an active participant in...
Joint Navy/City of Cape Town disaster exercise
The South African Navy will hold a joint disaster exercise with the City of Cape Town this week.
Coordinated by the Cape Town...
Navy commences with Exercise Red Lion 2013
The South African Navy has commenced its first major force preparation exercise of 2013, which is taking place from 4 to 15...
South African Navy hosts sport awards ceremony
This year's South African Navy Awards ceremony was highlighted by the Guest of Honour, Olympic champion Caster Semenya.
The South African Navy Awards...
South African Navy to resume maritime security operations in Mozambique Channel
The South African Navy will resume anti-piracy patrols off Mozambique and Tanzania later this month, with the SAS Drakensberg returning for her...
Navy surprised by poor condition of fisheries patrol vessels
The poor condition of the fisheries research and patrol vessels taken over by the South African Navy has meant is has taken...
Southern African Shipyards refurbishing Navy strike craft
Durban-based Southern African Shipyards is refurbishing the South African Navy's three surviving strike craft, converting them to offshore patrol vessels.
Southern African Shipyards...
South African Navy readies for exercise Atlasur IX
The South African Navy is preparing to host Exercise Atlasur IX, a multinational maritime exercise between the navies of South Africa, Argentina,...
CSIR boat loading technology to help in fight against piracy
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a system for loading more boats onto ships, which it says will...
Progress being made on fisheries research vessels
The SA Navy has released further details of the progress it is making in operating the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries'...
South African Navy helps catch pirates
The South African Navy replenishment ship SAS Drakensberg has helped catch seven Somali pirates in the Mozambique Channel, in the Navy's first...
SA Navy continues with anti-piracy patrols
The South African Navy continues to patrol the waters of the Mozambique Channel as part of its commitment to anti-piracy operations off...
SA Navy takes over management of state-owned maritime patrol vessels
The South African Navy has taken over the management of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries' maritime patrol vessels, as the...
Navy supports new maritime patrol aircraft
The South African Navy has expressed strong support for the Air Force to acquire new maritime patrol aircraft, with the Navy chief...
360° video tracker for SA Navy gets is sea legs
The Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is busy testing a novel camera-based surveillance system for the South African Navy (SAN)...
Veecraft to market Navantia OPVs to South Africa
Navantia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South African shipbuilder Veecraft Marine to market Navantia's Avante class offshore and inshore patrol...
Southern Africa is safe – SA Navy chief
The chief of the South African Navy says that southern Africa is safe from the threat of piracy, but that Southern African...
SAS Isandlwana and Mendi arrive in Durban as part of anti-piracy...
The South African Navy frigates SAS Isandlwana and SAS Mendi arrived in Durban yesterday, as they rotate for the anti-piracy patrol mission...
Navy stocks up on submarine optronics depot spares
The South African Navy has ordered further stocks of "depot spares" from Carl Zeiss Optronics for its fleet of three Heroine-class...
Fact file: SAN readiness
The SA Navy (SAN) rotates its vessels throughout their service lives to allow or both operational and maintenance periods. This allows the...