Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The South African Navy (SAN) is the navy of South Africa. The South African Navy can trace its official origins back to the SA Naval Service, which was established on 1 April 1922. The first ships acquired by the newly formed navy were HMSAS Protea (a hydrographic survey vessel), HMSAS Sonneblom and HMSAS Immortelle (both minesweeping trawlers). Unofficially, however, the SAN can trace its history even further back, to the Natal Naval Volunteers (NNV), which was formed in Durban on 30 April 1885 as well as to the Cape Naval Volunteers (CNV), which was formed in Cape Town in 1905. On 1 July 1913 these two units were amalgamated to form the South African Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR).

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