SAS Umkhonto
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SAS Umkhonto (S98), formerly SAS Emily Hobhouse, was the second of three French-built Daphné-class submarines ordered by the South African Navy in 1968. Laid down in December 1968 and launched on 24 October 1969 and commissioned into the South African Navy under the command of Lt Cdr Lambert Jackson "Woody" Woodburne on 26 February 1971. The submarine was decommissioned in 2003 and scrapped in 2008.
SAS Emily Hobhouse c. 1994
South African Navy
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The South African Navy (SA Navy) is the naval warfare branch of the South African National Defence Force.
SAS Immortelle, circa 1935
Members of the South African Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve serving on board HMS Nelson during the Second World War
HMS Wessex, seen in 1944, became SAS Jan van Riebeeck in 1950
SAS Isandlwana docked at the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town