Gallery

The SANC General Botha Band in 1956.In Front: M. Marwick [Band leader]

The Band at Captain’s Divisions some time in 1956.

SANC General Botha Gordon’s Bay in 1956 after completion of the new building program.

In this 1956 picture, Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Robson KBE CB DSO RN watches as Cadets lower a 27-foot whaler in radial davits during an “abandon ship” exercise. Captain G. V. Legassick the Captain-Superintendent also observes – with a view to future critical comment. When the whaler was slipped, the Cadets manning the boat-rope energetically hauled its bow to starboard and out towards the entrance of the boatpen. By the time the boatrope was slipped and the oars shipped, it was moving at an impressive speed toward other boats moored in the harbour.

The Band leading the Stellenbosch University Rag parade through the streets of the Northern suburbs of Cape Town in early 1956.

A church parade on the quarterdeck in 1948.

Ships Company 1951

Ceremonial arrival at the new Gordon's Bay site on 25 April 1948 after leaving the Red Hill site the previous day.

Ships Staff 1951Back row [Left to Right]: Mr. F. J. Morris [Executive Instructor, Shipwright]; Mr. J. A. Almond [Chief Executive Instructor]; Mr. H. E. Pinn [Navigation Officer]; Mr. B. A. L. McGee [Executive Instructor, Seamanship]; Mr. J. H. Smith [Physical Training Instructor];

A Captain's Divisions parade in 1956.

Ships Company 1955

General Botha Band 1957