SAN - Submarine Service

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

Комментарии • 28

  • @stephennelmes4557
    @stephennelmes4557 Месяц назад +4

    I've been to South Africa many times. The first time was on an immigrant ship heading to Australia in 1969 as a 7 year old. Second, while serving in the Royal Yacht in the 1990s, visiting Cape Town, Durban, and finally, Simonstown.
    I had the good fortune to have a look around an SA Navy sub and went ashore with some of the crew to spend the day drinking in the 2 & 6 pub. I've been back to Simonstown many times since on the RFAs Blackrover and Goldrover.... Drank a lot of beer in Simonstown...Ate a lot of King klip at the Salty Sea dog. Happy days. 😊

  • @rickyabrahams7100
    @rickyabrahams7100 2 года назад +22

    I was the first ever person of colour to sail on a South African submarine as a submariner. The person casting of the line is Andre or lofty as we knew him and the control centre Chief is WO Vermeulen.

  • @brianisham4583
    @brianisham4583 Год назад +3

    Negative Ricky Abrahams, the person casting off the wire rope is myself, Brian Isham, next to me fwd is Les White (RIP), control centre chief and Dave Wallace aft of me.

  • @ritaandersen5057
    @ritaandersen5057 3 года назад +1

    Thank you so much...this fills one with a sense of pride⚓

  • @sanderpeeters763
    @sanderpeeters763 8 дней назад

    Great to see this documentary - and as the sound is good, it is easy to hear (and translate) what is said - since Afrikaans is not my native language (Dutch is, and it is similar but not the same 🙂)

  • @Amantla
    @Amantla 3 года назад +3

    Thank you for this absolute gold!

  • @jeff_n1535
    @jeff_n1535 2 года назад +5

    Daphne-class sub. One of SA's best!

  • @poisonousbadge126
    @poisonousbadge126 3 года назад +2

    How do you get this stuff its amazing

  • @user-ez9en7vk2z
    @user-ez9en7vk2z Год назад +7

    Remarkable. Adm Sunderlnad took us on a tour of the museum sub initiative. Years later the "new SA" navy scrapped it because it showcased "old" history. F them 🖕🖕🖕

  • @gregoryhutchinson5347
    @gregoryhutchinson5347 Год назад +4

    The good old days, so many brothers on permanent Patrol

  • @marksage8657
    @marksage8657 2 года назад +2

    So cool. My grandfather was the one giving the orders to dive.

  • @rickyabrahams7100
    @rickyabrahams7100 Год назад +1

    Thanks for the correction mate. The eyes not so good no more😂🇦🇺.Ps Lofty was on the Johanna.

  • @simontanner6990
    @simontanner6990 3 месяца назад

    love to know what year this was

  • @craigmoore1474
    @craigmoore1474 27 дней назад +1

    Submariner badge number 713 served on all 3 Daphne class submarines.

  • @frederickgates4349
    @frederickgates4349 3 года назад +2

    Just my opinión i reckon submarinas absolutly the best seamen and i respect them

  • @shroder2748
    @shroder2748 3 года назад +2

    I don't see how people can possibly lock themselves up in a metal tube 200 meters beneath the waves knowing that if something went wrong, there would be no chance of escaping

    • @seanoxford3987
      @seanoxford3987 2 года назад

      Correction 300 meters. Never thought of or was worried by the depth we were at.

  • @colinm2056
    @colinm2056 2 года назад +6

    Now the sub's are used to protect the coast from marauding sharks..

    • @brianmorrison9168
      @brianmorrison9168 2 года назад +2

      Yes there's a video about that here on YT

    • @james5796
      @james5796 9 дней назад

      Daphne class subs arrived in SA Navy when I was there. 46 years ago.

  • @tankdriver67m64
    @tankdriver67m64 3 года назад +1

    Looks like they all speak English when off duty......

    • @davidblyth5495
      @davidblyth5495 3 года назад +4

      The SADF had a language rotation process either by month or week.

    • @former9085
      @former9085 2 года назад +5

      The video was made for the Afrikaans TV service and Afrikaans was spoken for the video. In reality, the South African Navy and Air Force operating languages were English. The Army predominantly operated in Afrikaans.

    • @davidblyth5495
      @davidblyth5495 2 года назад +3

      @@former9085 during my years of service in the SAN we had alternate weeks or months of Afrikaans or English for official verbal and written communication.
      Informal chats depended on the individuals and may have been either.