SAS Jan Smuts was a Minister-class strike craft of the South African Navy.
The SAS Jan Smuts was the first of the Minister class to be built and initially launched with only a pennant number, P1561. She arrived in Simon's Town in September 1977 under the command of Commander Robert Simpson-Anderson.[2] She was later named SAS Jan Smuts after former Prime Minister Jan Smuts.
When the strike craft were renamed in 1997, the SAS Jan Smuts was the only one to retain her original name.
She was withdrawn from service on 20 March 1998[2] and sold for scrap.[3]
Ship's badge in the Naval Museum
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South African Airways Museum Society opened its doors to the public at JanSmuts International Airport (which was renamed O. R. Tambo International Airport...
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South Beveland peninsula. Winston Churchill claimed in a telegram to JanSmuts on 9 October that "As regards Arnhem, I think you have got the position...
1942 to join a unified Southern African Command headed by South Africa's JanSmuts. This choice was motivated by a combination of strategic concerns and...
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