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The Navy frigate SAS President Kruger sinks at Cape Point after colliding with the SAS Tafelberg, eighteen people die.
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, February 17). The Navy frigate SAS President Kruger sinks at Cape Point after colliding with the SAS Tafelberg, eighteen people die.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074168
South African History Online (2012) 'The Navy frigate SAS President Kruger sinks at Cape Point after colliding with the SAS Tafelberg, eighteen people die.', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074168 (Accessed: 1 August 2026).
South African History Online, The Navy frigate SAS President Kruger sinks at Cape Point after colliding with the SAS Tafelberg, eighteen people die. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074168, (accessed 1 August 2026).
"The Navy frigate SAS President Kruger sinks at Cape Point after colliding with the SAS Tafelberg, eighteen people die.." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074168. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "The Navy frigate SAS President Kruger sinks at Cape Point after colliding with the SAS Tafelberg, eighteen people die.." South African History Online. February 17, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074168.
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Cape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
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