SA Navy Cover SAS Johanna Van Der Merwe
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South African Navy Cover commemorating 21 years of Johanna van der Merwe in the submarine flotilla
Signed by Commanding Officer RW Higgs. No 69 of 100.
The arrival in Simon's Town on 19 June 1972 of the SAS Johanna van der Merwe marked the successful culmination of five years of construction, trails and training to establish a submarine capability- a remarkable achievement. It was not long before the boats were involved in operations and in 1975, just preceding operation SAVANNAH, SAS Johanna van der Merwe was deployed into Angolan waters under Operation YSKAS to prepare for evacuation of personnel. During the so-called Border War, she took part in some ten clandestine special operations.
During her career, she underwent four refits, which included additional fuel tanks and the fitting of a locally developed based RAKA combat suite in the 80s, which replaced the cumbersome plotting table. In the late 90s she received the South African developed NICKLES fully integrated software based combat suite and two state of the art rebuilt periscopes.
Informational insert included.
