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BC 1118 PRESIDENT KRUGER PAPERS  

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A.

INQUEST

A1

INQUEST into the death of Chief Petty Officer Donald Webb held in the Cape Magistrates Court, Cape Town, 15/02/1983.

 

Volumes 1-31    (Pages 1-5854)

A2

INQUEST EXHIBITS

 

contains various articles/publications regarding maritime court cases and the law such as Government Gazette, All England Law Reports, Lloyds Maritime Newsletter etc.

A3

AFFIDAVITS

 

(arranged in alphabetical order)

 

- Holdernis, Victor Frederick

 

- Liebenberg, Derek

 

- Links, Simon Petrus

 

- Myers, R A S

 

- Silberbauer, Dickenson Frederick

 

- Visser, Frederick Herman

 

- Wainwright, John Frank

 

- Forrest, Dennis (Supplementary Affadavit)

A4

POLICE STATEMENTS

A4.1

Inquest Exhibits A-C

 

A1-A8

 

B1-B4

 

C1-C23    (except C8)

A4.2

Inquest Exhibits D-K

 

D1-D48

 

E1-E3

 

F2-F7

 

G1-G4

 

H1-H4

 

K1-K5

A5

CAPTAIN DE LANGE’S STATEMENTS

 

contains 2 folders of handwritten, typed and a bound version of Captain De Lange’s statements.

A6

SUBMISSIONS to the Inquest Court made on behalf of Captain DE LANGE

A6.1

Volumes 1- 3

 

pages 1 - 535

A6.2

-extracts of “submissions to the Inquest Court ... “ (pages not in sequence)

 

-“additional notes - inquest President Kruger - Advocate M S Jacobs”

 

-“submissions in regard to questions raised by the court”

 

-“points to ask Pickstock ....”

 

-extract from “submissions to the Inquest Court...”  (pages 226-

 

-“written submissions on behalf of Captain W de Lange”

 

- draft copies dd. 17, 18 & 20/12/1983

 

-“Heads of Argument in re: Inquest Petty Officer Webb”

 

-“written submissions made on behalf of Captain de Lange in reply to the facts”

A6.3

“Submissions in reply on the the facts made on behalf of Captain W de Lange in the Inquest  into the death of Chief Petty Officer Webb.”

A6.4

“Submissions in reply on the law made on behalf of Captain W de Lange in the Inquest into the death of Chief Petty Officer Webb.”

A6.5

“Submissions by the Appointee of the Chief Magistrate of Cape Town in terms of Act 58 of 1959”

 

(includes “additional submissions in answer to the submissions made by the Appointee of the Chief Magistrate.”)

A7

ARGUMENTS & REPLIES to the arguments

A7.1

Arguments on behalf of:

 

A J MEINTJIES

 

R A S MYERS

 

R E PICKSTOCK

 

Captain SMIT of SAS Tafelberg

 

Peter SMITH

 

SA DEFENCE FORCE

A7.2

Reply to the Arguments by:

 

Advocates Van Niekerk, Combrink & L Pienaar

A7.3

Additional Heads of Argument presented on behalf of R MYERS

A8

FINDINGS of the Inquest in terms of Section 16(2) of the Inquests Act No. 58 of 1959

 

and Reasons for the Findings.

A9

OTHER

A9.1

List of Witnesses & Exhibits

A9.2

Volume List

A9.3

Hansard

A9.4

Newsclippings

A9.5

Pencil sketch of Captain De Lange.

A9.6

Government Gazette - No. 8689, 4/5/1983

A9.7

Volksraad Vraelys, No. 13 -1984, 4de Sessie 7de Parlement, 15/02/1984

B.

BOARD OF ENQUIRY: Witness Statements

B1.

WITNESSES

 

1 – 13 excludes Smith (7), De Lange (4), Pickstock (8), Meintjies (2), Myers (5)

 

14 – 30 excludes Meintjies

 

31 - 59

 

De Lange, Myers, Pickstock

 

Smith

B2

Plans of the ship SAS President Kruger

 

Material under Embargo

 

contains mainly material relating to the Board of Enquiry held by the South African Navy into the circumstances that led up to the loss/sinking of the SAS President Kruger. Also contains some correspondence between Prisman & Wilson Attorneys representing Captain de Lange and Council during the Inquest held at the Cape Town Magistrates Court.

C.

BOARD OF ENQUIRY: Reports & Correspondence.

C1.

Final Report? of the Board of Enquiry.

 

contains the findings and recommendations, evidence, damage and losses

C2

Reports

 

- Report of Damage Control

 

- Interim Report of the NBCD state after the collision with SAS Tafelberg.

C3

Personal Records

 

contains the Course Reports & Confidential Reports of:-

 

Lt. P Smith

 

SLt. A J Meintjies

 

Slt. R E Pickstock (Confidential Reports only)

C4

Orders & Instructions issued for compliance and instruction of all personnel on board

 

SAS President Pretorius.

C5

LOG’S - Night Orders

C5.1

“Standing Instructions”, drawings, charts and tables for:-

 

Tafelberg (TB).

 

President Kruger (PK)

 

President Pretorius (PP)

 

also contains

 

South African Navy publications marked restricted

 

Extracts from the Captain’s Standing Orders, Principal Warfare Officer, Officers of the Watch & the Senior Officer - 10th Frigate Squadron.

C5.2

Affidavits, Statements, “Inward turn” - a page from Captains Standing Orders, list of witnesses.

C6

CORRESPONDENCE

 

(arranged in chronological order)

C6.1

South African Navy (SAN)

 

- letters & report from the Naval Operations Command office, 31/7/1981 & 4/11/1981

 

- letters from the South African Navy Headquarters, 4/9/1981 18/11/1981.

 

- letters from Captain de Lange of SAS President Kruger, 4/12/1981 & 24/5/1982

 

- report re: analysis of bridge watchkeeping board results, 1972-1981.

C6.3

Letters of Support to Captain W J de Lange

 

-from James Johnny?, 20/2/82

 

-Cdre P A Wijnberg, 21/2/82

 

-Captain C C Morgan of London,. 22/2/1982

C6.2

Correspondence between Prisman & Wilson Attorneys and Council

 

includes letters between C. Prisman and some members of the South African Navy as well as Advocates M Jacobs and B Genn of Prisman & Wilson Attorneys.

 

(arranged in chronological order  1982-1984)

 

-letter from Adv. M Jacobs to Frank Kahn, 8/2/1983 (with rough notes attached)

 

-letter from Swanepoel, Uys & Rushton Attorneys to Prisman & Wilson, 9/2/1983.

 

-letters between Advocate Jacobs and the Attorney Generals Office, 15/2/- 22/3/1983

 

-letters between Cyril Prisman and the Attorney General’s Office, 2/3/ - 13/6/1983.

 

-letter from Cyril Prisman to Admiral Syndercombe, 20/5/1983

 

-letter to C. Prisman from M S Jacobs enclosing affidavits, 20/6/1983

 

-memo from C Prisman to B Genn, 23/6/1983.

 

-letter from C Prisman to Captain W de Lange, 23/6/1983.

 

-letter from Fairbridge Arderne & Lawton to Attorney General’s Office, 26/7/1983

 

-letters between B Genn of Prisman & Wilson Attorneys to Attorney General’s Office, 29/7/-1/8/1983.

 

-letter from M Jacobs to Brian Genn?, 31/8/1983

 

-letters from M Jacobs to C. Prisman & the Chief Magistrate, 28/9/1983

 

-letter from C Prisman to Captain de Lange, 10/11/ & 11/11/1983

 

-letter from C. Prisman to Attorney General, 12/11/1983

 

-letter from D P de Klerk & Van Gend to C Prisman, 24/11/1983

 

-letters to C Prisman from C F Sanderoff of the Naval Training Command, 1/6/1984 and from Captain de Lange, 16/1/1984

 

-letter from C Prisman to the Attorney General, 7/2/1984

C6

CORRESPONDENCE

 

(arranged in chronological order)

C6.3

Correspondence between Prisman & Wilson Attorneys and Council (cont.)

 

-letters from C Prisman to Adv. J H Combrink, 9/2/1984

 

-letter from C Prisman to Commodore R Eberlein of Naval Headquarters, 14/2/1984

 

-memo from C Prisman to Minister of Defence, dd 21/3/1984

 

-letters from Vice Admiral Putter to M Jacobs & C Prisman, 22/3/1984

 

-letters between M Jacobs, the Minister and Chief of Defence, 22/3-14/5/1984

 

 (with letters between C. Prisman & Capt. de Lange attached.)

 

-affidavits and a supplementary affadavit of W J de Lange

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