South Africa's Fighting Ships-Past and Present by Allan du Toit.
South Africa's Fighting Ships-Past and Present by Allan du Toit.
Hard cover. Book in a Very Good Condition. Protected with a Cellophane cover.
Hardcover, ISBN 9781874800507
Publisher: Ashanti Pub, 1992
Used - Very Good: Ashanti Pub, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
A comprehensive illustrated record of the ships that have served South Africa with pride, in both war and peace, since the formation of a full-time Naval Service in 1922.
Accompanied by a rare collection of some 300 black and white and color illustrations, the book gives a detailed history of the South African Navy and its predecessors, the South African Naval Forces, the Seaward Defense Force and the South African Naval Service.
Rear Admiral Allan Kendall du Toit, AM is a retired senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy, who served as Australia's Military Representative to NATO and the European Union from 2013 until his retirement in 2016.
Allan du Toit, was raised and educated in Durban, South Africa. He joined the South African Navy as a Midshipman in 1975 and graduated from the South African Military Academy in 1979. He then served at sea in frigates, submarines and mine warfare vessels and trained as a Principal Warfare Officer specialising in mine warfare. du Toit later served as a member of the directing staff at the South African Naval Staff college. He moved to Australia in early 1987, where he accepted a commission in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) as a Lieutenant Commander.
