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This day in history. The H.M.S.A.S. Transvaal sails for Prince Edwards in 1947
December 21, 2015 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
The H.M.S.A.S. Transvaal (Lieutenant-Commander John Fairbairn) sailed from Cape Town on 21 December 1947 on the secret Operation Snoektown to annex Marion and Prince Edward Islands.
John Cooper, Principal Investigator, Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University