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Southern Africa

The ships of the Speical Service Squadron spent Christmas of 1923 at Cape Town in South Africa.

On arrival in Cape Town there was a reception. On the same evening there was a banquet at the Town hall which a hundred officers attended.

On December 24th a naval Brigade of 900 seamen and 300 marines marched through the city and lavish hospitality was given by the people of Cape Town.

In return for the hospitalitythe ships had over fifty thousand visitors.

After visits to Port Elizabeth, Port Alfred, and Durban the ships headed north up the East Coast to visit Zanzibar

Below you can see the programme that was arranged by Cape Town for the visiting ships.

Below you can see photographs of the ships visit to Southern Africa.

Many of the sailors had the opertunity to meet local Zulu people.

Follow the links to find out more about:-

• Introduction

• The ships

• African Ports

• Meeting King Neptune

• Into the Indian Ocean

• The Far East

• New Zealand and Australia

• Across the Pacific to Canada and USA

• The final voyage