After the war the SANF was reconstituted as part of the Union Defence Force, having a strength of 60 officers and 806 men and a fleet of six ships and eleven harbour defence motor launches.
Emva kwemfazwe i-SANF yenziwa ngokutsha njengenxalenye njengoMkhosi woKhuselo weManyano, unamandla amadoda angabaphathi-mikhosi abangama-60 kunye nama-806 amadoda kunye nesinqanawa senqanwa ezintandathu kunye nokusungulwa kokhuselo lamazibuko.