Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
South African Navy
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1921-
History
The SA Naval Service was established on 15 November 1921. 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.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Branch of South African Defence Force