Old South African Navy plaque SAS Tafelberg 1970's
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South Africa Navy Plaque Painted plastic Mould SAS Tafelberg A243 Operation Savannah, several SAN units were deployed off the coast of SWA andAngola, including the SAS Tafelberg South African Navy She was purchased in 1965 by Safmarine before being reconfigured in Durban as the replenishment ship SAS Tafelberg and sold to the South African Navy (SAN). [2 ] At this time, she had two refuelling points and two solid stores transfer stations, as well as refuelling equipment astern and an aft light helicopter flight deck .In 1967, in the company of SAS President Kruger and SAS President Steyn , she visited Argentina , while in 1968 she visited Australia along with SAS President Steyn and SAS President Pretorius .[ 1] In 1973 the SAS Tafelberg acted as official guardship for the Cape-to-Rio yacht race . Because of apartheid South Africa's political isolation at the time, the ship could not enter Rio de Janeiro and instead travelled up the River Plate to Buenos Aires .In November 1975 at the end of Operation Savannah , she provided logistical support to the SAS President Kruger and SAS President Steyn during the Ambrizete Incident , and also subsequently went to Zaire to retrieve the guns that the army left behind in Angola.In 1980, Tafelberg had a small flight deck that was fitted to the stern of the ship behind the funnel deck for
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