List of South African admirals

List of South African admirals

The following is an incomplete list of people who have attained admiral rank within the South African Navy (SAN).

Key

Abbreviation Rank
Cdre Commodore
R Adm (JG) Rear Admiral (Junior Grade)
R Adm Rear Admiral
V Adm Vice Admiral
Adm Admiral

The ranks of Flag Officers changed in 1997 when the rank previously called Commodore became known as Rear Admiral (Junior Grade).[1] For the purposes of this list if they held the rank of Commodore before 1997 they are listed with that rank

List

Rank Name Last position held Notes
AdmBiermann, HugoHugo BiermannChief of the Defence ForceOnly person to hold the rank of Admiral
V AdmJohnson, JamesJames JohnsonChief of the Navy[2]
V AdmWalters, Johan CharlJohan Charl WaltersChief of the Navy[2]
V AdmEdwards, Ronald ARonald A EdwardsChief of the Navy[2]
V AdmPutter, Andries PAndries P PutterChief of the Navy[2]
V AdmSyndercombe, GlenGlen SyndercombeChief of the Navy[2]
V AdmWoodburne, Lambert JacksonLambert Jackson WoodburneChief of the Navy[2]
V AdmSimpson-Anderson, RobertRobert Simpson-AndersonChief of the Navy[2]
V AdmRetief, JohanJohan RetiefChief of the Navy[2]
V AdmMudimu, Refiloe JohannesRefiloe Johannes MudimuChief of the Navy[2]
V AdmHlongwane, SamuelSamuel HlongwaneChief of the Navy
V AdmBekker, MarthinusMarthinus BekkerChief of the SADF Staff
V AdmTrainor, MartynMartyn TrainorChief of the SANDF Corporate Staff
V AdmMurray, PaulPaul MurrayChief of the Staff Finance[3]
V Adm Loedolff, PietPiet Loedolff Chief of Staff Personnel[4] Now an author and lecturer
V Adm Malherbe, AartAart Malherbe Chief of Staff Logistics[4]
R AdmBennett, ChrisChris BennettChief of Naval Staff
R AdmHiggs, Robert W.Robert W. HiggsChief of Naval Staff
R AdmMhlana, BubeleBubele MhlanaFlag Officer Fleet
R AdmTeuteberg, HannoHanno TeutebergDeputy Chief of the Navy
R AdmSchoultz, PhillipPhillip SchoultzFlag Officer Fleet
R AdmTerry-Lloyd, M RM R Terry-Lloyd
R AdmForsyth, DaveDave ForsythDirector Navy Reserves[5]
R AdmTomlinson, PeterPeter Tomlinson FOC Fleet Operations
R AdmTeuteberg, BernhardBernhard TeutebergChief Director: Maritime Strategy
R AdmWiesner, KarlKarl WiesnerDirector Maritime Warfare
R AdmGreen, EricEric GreenFlag Officer FleetBrother of Alan Green
R AdmGreen, AlanAlan GreenChief: Military Policy, Strategy PlanningBrother of Eric Green
R AdmBester, HennieHennie BesterFlag Officer Fleet
R AdmPillay, SagarenSagaren PillayChief Director: Maritime Strategy
R AdmWijnberg, PaulPaul WijnbergFOC Naval Command East
R AdmMagalefa, MosoeuMosoeu MagalefaChief of Naval Staff
R AdmMphafi, GeorgeGeorge MphafiCD Operations Development, CJOPS
R AdmHowell, AnthonyAnthony HowellChief Director: Maritime Warfare
R AdmDryden Dymond, RPRP Dryden Dymond
R AdmEberlein, RayRay EberleinChief Director Manpower Provisioning and Development, SADF
R AdmGroenewald, EvertEvert Groenewald Chief of Naval Staff Intelligence,[6] Chief of Naval Operations[7]
R AdmWeideman, JaapJaap Weideman Navy Inspector General [8]
R AdmNortier, J.RJ.R Nortier Chief of Staff Logistics[9][10][11]Nickname Dick
R AdmSleigh, JamesJames SleighChief of Naval Staff[12]
R AdmViljoen, PaulPaul ViljoenFOC Navcom East,[13] Chief of Naval Operations[14]Nickname Flip[15]
R AdmBiermann, StefanusStefanus Biermann Chief of Staff, Training and Manning Brother of Hugo Biermann[16]
R Adm (JG)Litchfield-Tshabalala, KhanyisileKhanyisile Litchfield-TshabalalaDirector Fleet Human ResourcesFirst woman admiral
R Adm (JG)Jamieson, GuyGuy JamiesonChief of Fleet Staff
R Adm (JG)Ndabambi, RalphRalph NdabambiDirector Naval Reserves
R Adm (JG)Lobese, MondeMonde LobeseDirector Fleet Logistics
R Adm (JG)Matshimane, JamesJames MatshimaneDirector Fleet Human Resources[17]
R Adm (JG)Ratala, EdwardEdward RatalaInspector General (Navy)
R Adm (JG)Kubu, AsielAsiel KubuDirector of Naval Personnel
R Adm (JG)Louw, KoosKoos LouwFOC Naval Base Simon's Town
R Adm (JG)Söderlund, ArneArne Söderlund
R Adm (JG)Engelbrecht, GertGert EngelbrechtDirector:Performance Audit IG[18]
R Adm (JG)Hauter, RolfRolf HauterChief Director Maritime Strategy[18]
R Adm (JG)Masutha, RendaniRendani MasuthaDefense Legal Services[19]
R Adm (JG)Barker, John G.John G. BarkerDefence Attaché in France
R Adm (JG)Visser, CobusCobus VisserDirector Technology Development, Defence Materiél

Division

[20]
R Adm (JG)Dewey, DerekDerek DeweyDirector Technology Development
R Adm (JG)Jansen van Vuuren, LauraLaura Jansen van VuurenGOC Defence Inst and S College2nd woman admiral
R Adm (JG)Duze, PatrickPatrick DuzeDirector Force Preparation and Joint Operations
R Adm (JG)Josias, MonicaMonica Josias [21]
R Adm (JG)Masanabo, EmilyEmily MasanaboDirector Navy Transformation[22]
R Adm (JG)Watson, K.J.K.J. WatsonDirector Naval Engineering Services
R Adm (JG)Christian, DerekDerek ChristianDirector Fleet Logistics
R Adm (JG)De Villiers, D.I.D.I. De VilliersD Strat at Mil Pol Strat & Plan
R Adm (JG)Hans, F.AF.A HansDSSSM at DOD LSF
R Adm (JG)Naidoo, KasavalKasaval NaidooDirector Maritime Plans[23]
R Adm (JG)Mkhonto, DavidDavid MkhontoFOC Naval Base Simon's Town
R Adm (JG)Gumede, N.SN.S Gumede
R Adm (JG)Penzhorn, ErnestErnest Penzhorn
R Adm (JG)Kamerman, JonathanJonathan Kamerman
CdreDalgleish, JamesJames DalgleishChief of the Navy
CdreDean, FrederickFrederick DeanChief of the Navy
CdreDart, JohnJohn Dart
CdreGerhardt, DieterDieter GerhardtFOC Naval Base Simon's Town
CdreBrits, GertGert BritsCommander Naval Operations Command
CdreHogg, BillBill HoggCommander Naval Operations Command
CdreDavis, SamSam Davis
CdreKingon, RoyRoy Kingon
CdreBurgers, AndreAndre BurgersChief of Naval Staff Intelligence[24]
CdreMcMurray, A.CA.C McMurray
CdreRudman, AA RudmanCommander Naval Training Command
Cdre Mathers, JeremyJeremy MathersDirector Naval Technology
Cdre Vorster, NN VorsterChief of Naval Staff Operations (now known as Director Maritime Warfare)
Cdre Stead, StevenSteven SteadChief of Naval Staff Operations
Cdre Massey-Hicks, EE Massey-HicksChief of Naval Staff Operations
Cdre Donkin, BryanBryan DonkinChief of Naval Staff Operations
Cdre Honiball, TheoTheo HoniballChief of Naval Staff Planning
Cdre Holderness, VicVic HoldernessCommander Naval Operations Command
Cdre Kleinschmidt, JJ KleinschmidtCommander Naval Logistic Command
Cdre Beddy, TrevorTrevor BeddyCOMNAVCAPE
Cdre Wise, NormanNorman WiseCommander Naval Logistics Command
Cdre Basson, GeorgeGeorge BassonChief of Naval Staff Operations, Director Maritime Warfare[25]
Cdre Eberlein, RayRay EberleinChief of Naval Staff Personnel[26] [12]
Cdre du Toit, S. van H.S. van H. du Toit Chief of Naval Staff Personnel [6]
Cdre de Vos, JacquesJacques de VosFOC Naval Base Simonstown[27]
Cdre Guy, NielNiel GuyDirector:Resources[28]
Cdre Potgieter, PCPC PotgieterFOC Naval Base Simonstown[29]
Cdre Keene, PeterPeter KeeneChief of Naval Staff Intelligence,[30] FOC Naval Base Simonstown[31]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bennett, C. H. and Söderlund, A. G. (2008). South Africa's navy : a navy of the people and for the people. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-620-41446-3.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Engelbrecht, Leon (January 21, 2010). "Fact file: Chiefs of the South African Navy". Defenceweb. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/1990/07/28/1/8.html
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  5. ↑ http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/2000/07/04/7/3.html
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  7. ↑ http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/1997/03/18/15/1.html
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  10. ↑ http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/1994/07/25/2/10.html
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  13. ↑ Bennett, Chris (2011). South African naval events : day-by-day, 1488 to 2009. Naval Heritage Trust. ISBN 9780620430142.
  14. ↑ http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/1992/02/17/2/7.html
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  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 http://www.dod.mil.za/sasoldier/2007/jul2007.pdf
  19. ↑ Baatjes, Judy (2012). "AllRise". Navy News XXXI (5): 17.
  20. ↑ http://www.saimena.org.za/Docs/Table%20Talk/Nov10.pdf
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  30. ↑ "Vloot kry nuwe operasionele stafhoof / Navy gets new Operational Head". Die Beeld. March 19, 1996. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
  31. ↑ "Drie vlootlede verdink van slag by Simonstad". Die Burger. March 3, 1998. Retrieved December 2, 2014.