Accession NumberP490Title (extended title only)Plaque - SAS TafelbergDescriptionDescription – Plaque – Small sized plaque with raised painted stone/ceramic motif of the ship Date23rd October 1968ProvenanceSAS Tafelberg was a replenishment ship (AOR) of the South African Navy. The ship started life as the Danish tanker Annam before undergoing various conversions into her final configuration. SAS Tafelberg started life in 1958 as the Danish tanker Annam in the service of the East Asiatic Company in Copenhagen. She was one of four similar ships commissioned at the time. She was purchased in 1965 by Saf marine before being reconfigured in Durban as the replenishment ship SAS Tafelberg and sold to the South African Navy (SAN).
In 1967, in the company of SAS President Kruger and SAS President Pretorius, she visited Argentina, while in 1968 she visited Australia along with SAS President Steyn and President Pretorius.
The ship was sold for scrap in 1993 Relevance to the CityThe ship SAS Tafelberg of the South African Navy visited Fremantle in 1968-The rear of the plaque states the date of the visit to Fremantle was on the 23rd October 1968.
