SAS Johanna van der Merwe, South African Navy

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SAS JOHANNA VAN DER MERWE, SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY

History: A Submarine in Service 1971-2003. In 1999 renamed SAS Assegaai.

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Origin/meaning

Named for a Voortrekker Heroine, who survived a Zulu attack on her Party in 1838. Despite suffering more than 20 Assegaai wounds.


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