Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3418AC316
    Site Name
    SAs Pietermaritzburg
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
    Monuments & Memorials Recordings
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    Site Recording Admin Comments
    SAS PIETERMARITZBURG was originally an ALGERINE class ocean mine-sweeper named HMS PELORUS 1943-1947
    In 1953 SAS Pietermaritzburg joined the selective group of SA Naval vessels that had crossed the bar at Knysna
    In 1968-1991 served as an accommodation vessel for the mine countermeasures Flotilla Purpose:Date Unveiled: Designer: Builder: WO2 L.BACON,SANPerson/Institution Commemorated: SAS PIETERMARITZBURG Recorder Name: Viwe Qhageni, Khanyisile Bushu
    Classifications
    Monument Type
    Description

    SAS Pietermaritzburg was decommissioned as the SA Navy training ship

    Contains Animal figures?
    No
    Contains Human figures?
    No
    Construction Materials
    Wood
    Pedestal Material
    Wood
    Event Commemorated
    SA Naval history
    Inscriptions
    1947-1991
      Location
      Location
      Mapping
      -34.191765, 18.428304
      Western Cape
      • City of Cape Town
      Directions to Site
      3km outside Graaff- Reinet. The Monument is located at the entrance of Camdeboo National Park on the N9 to Middelburg.
      Access details
      It's only accessible when you get permission to enter the premises
      Administration of Protections
      Administration Description

      duplicate of https://sahris.sahra.org.za/sites/920810046

      merge usable data and delete this record
      Action Status: Pending
      Site Action: InformationUpdate

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