1922 - 1945 On 1 April 1922 the South African Naval Service was established with two minesweepers, HMSAS SONNEBLOM and HMSAS IMMORTELLE and a hydrographic survey vessel, HMSAS PROTEA.
Ngo-1922 -1945 ngomhla wo-1 ku-Epreli 1922 wasungulwa uMkhosi wamanzi waseMzantsi Afrika unezikhukulisi ezimbini, i-HMSAS SONNEBLOM kunye ne-HMSAS IMMORTELLE kunye nenqanawa yokuhlola emanzini, i-HMSAS PROTEA.