This is a must see video on the sinking of the SAS President Kruger by Marc Bow, it outlines everything about the tragedy, and the impact the sinking of this vessel still has on the South African Naval Community – even to this day.
For the full story on The Observation Post, feel free to follow this link:
“Out of the Storm came Courage” … the tragedy of the PK
The honour roll of the South Africans lost that tragic day is as follows:
05507629 PE Chief Petty Officer Johannes Petrus Booysen
77060150PE Chief Petty Officer Hartmut Wilfried Smit
69443794PE Chief Petty Officer Willem Marthinus Gerhardus Van Tonder
07467392PE Chief Petty Officer Donald Webb
05208145PE Petty Officer Stephanus Petrus Bothma
70351226PE Petty Officer Graham Alexander Frank Brind
65718058PE Petty Officer Robin Centlivre Bulterman
73317695PE Petty Officer Granville Williams De Villiers
66510579PE Petty Officer Evert Koen
08302440PE Petty Officer Hjalmar Lotter
70343553PE Petty Officer Roy Anthony McMaster
72362379PE Petty Officer Roy Frederick Skeates
72265465PE Petty Officer William Russel Smith
75060863PN Petty Officer Michael Richard Bruce Whiteley
72249998PE Petty Officer Coenraad Johannes Wium
80100167PE Able Seaman Gilbert Timothy Benjamin
May they rest in peace, never forgotten.
Video Footage: Marc Bow
The Observation Post 
My Dad Pt Offer Chief Cecil Roth
When To Go And Fetch The P K
In The UK
He Did Radar
My Sister Katarina Johanna Roth
Whas Baptist On The P K
Her Name Was Carved On The In Side Of The Ships Bell
In Cluding The Date Of Baptism
I George Roth Was In South African Marines
And Spend 6 Months In The Caprivi Sector 70 Base Vanella
I Salute You
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