SAS Wingfield

Coordinates: 33°54′24.9″S 18°31′53.46″E / 33.906917°S 18.5315167°E / -33.906917; 18.5315167
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SAS Wingfield
Part of South African Navy
Wingfield, Cape Town, Western Cape
SAS Wingfield is located in Cape Town
SAS Wingfield
SAS Wingfield
Coordinates33°54′24.9″S 18°31′53.46″E / 33.906917°S 18.5315167°E / -33.906917; 18.5315167
TypeTraining base
Site history
Built1961 (1961)

SAS Wingfield is a South African Navy base, on the site of the World War II Wingfield Aerodrome in Cape Town.

History[edit]

SAS Wingfield was established in 1961 to provide technical training and practical instruction to apprentices, but now offers training to officers and sailors.[1]: 153 

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bennett, C. H.; Söderlund, A. G. (2008). South Africa's navy : a navy of the people and for the people. ISBN 978-0-620-41446-3.