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Tag Archives: SANLC
Three Ships Month
February has become what is known as “3 ships month”, and unfortunately the 3 ships that I remember are all disasters that are part of maritime history in South Africa. This year I am going to commemorate them in one … Continue reading
Posted in Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Memorials and Monuments, Military, Personal, Retrospective, Ships, South Africa, Transportation, War Grave, World War 1, World War 2
Tagged Collision, disaster, HMSAS Southern Floe, HMT Mendi, SAN, SANLC, SAS President Kruger, ship, South African Navy, World War
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Remembering the Mendi 2017
Every year around this time I commemorate the lives lost in the sinking of the troopship Mendi on the 21st of February 1917. This year is no different and each year I know more about it. Earlier this month I … Continue reading
Posted in Cemetery, Hampshire, Heritage, Hobbies and Interests, Memorials and Monuments, Military, Personal, Portsmouth and Gosport, South Africa, Southampton, United Kingdom, War Grave, War Memorial, World War 1
Tagged Collision, Darro, disaster, HMT Mendi, Hollybrook Cemetery, Milton Cemetery, SANLC, sinking, South Africa, Southampton
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