Tag: SS Mendi
Lest we forget – SS Mendi 21 February 1917
SS Mendi was a British 4,230 GRT passenger steamship that was built in 1905 and, as a troopship, sank after collision with great loss...
Mendi sinking will be remembered in Soweto and elsewhere
The pivotal event on which Armed Forces Day is based on will be marked by President Cyril Ramaphosa laying a wreath at the Mendi...
SS Mendi: ‘poignant’ part of history
The sacrifice of hundreds of men on board the SS Mendi when the vessel sank on the morning of 21 February 1917 will never...
President hands over SS Mendi bell to Navy
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has handed over the brass bell belonging to the SS Mendi to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF)...
No DMV support for Cape Town Mendi memorial service
The apparent snubbing and withdrawal of financial assistance to an SAS Mendi memorial service in Cape Town has drawn an outraged reaction from Peter...
Ramaphosa to receive Mendi bell
A massively important South Africa naval artefact today (Tuesday) comes home when President Cyril Ramaphosa accepts the SS Mendi ship's bell from...
Heroism of soldiers and sailors of the Mendi remembered
South Africans have remembered the loss of the troopship SS Mendi, the worst maritime disaster in the country's history, at memorials throughout...
SS Mendi bell recovered after 100 years
The ship's bell of the ill-fated SS Mendi has been recovered after decades of uncertainty about its whereabouts.
The bell was left...
Memorial service marks centenary of the sinking of the Mendi
A special ceremony was held in Cape Town on 26 February to honour the 616 South African men who died so tragically...
Zuma lays wreath, presents medals during wet Armed Forces Day
President and Commander-in-Chief Jacob Zuma on Tuesday laid a wreath to honour those who died in the sinking of the SS Mendi...
Amatola departs on epic European adventure
The South African Navy frigate SAS Amatola departed Naval Base Simon's Town on 16 January on a 96 day operational, commemoration and...
SAS Amatola to visit four African countries on her European tour
The South African Navy frigate SAS Amatola will pay diplomatic visits to Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Angola and Namibia this year while en...
Navy to deploy frigate to Europe for commemoration, exercises
The South African Navy (SA Navy) frigate SAS Amatola (F145) will be deploying to the United Kingdom and Germany in the new...
Mendi Memorial Services stress national unity
Memorial services were held throughout South Africa and overseas on Sunday to remember the loss of the troopship SS Mendi on February...
SA’s worst wartime naval disaster remembered from Cape Town to Europe
Veterans' organisations and the defence department have commemorated South Africa's biggest wartime naval disaster, the loss of the SS Mendi in 1917,...
Potchefstroom to host Armed Forces Day 2015
Potchefstroom in the North West province will host Armed Forces Day 2015 on Saturday, February 21.
In 2012 South African National Defence Force...
Mendi medals coming
The Department of Military Veterans (DMV) plans to issue medals to the families of SA Native Labour Corps members who died when...
SS Mendi remembered in SA and UK
Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), veterans organisations and the public held memorial services at the weekend for those...
Mendi memorial ceremonies in Atteridgeville and Soweto on Sunday
The annual SS Mendi memorial service and wreath laying ceremony will be held this Sunday at the Gamothakga recreation resort in Atteridgeville,...
SA commemorates sinking of SS Mendi
One of South Africa's worst military disasters, the sinking of SS Mendi, has been commemorated by the chiefs of Services and Divisions...
