Simon’s town has been a naval base for nearly three centuries. First the British Royal Navy and then The South African Navy. The base provides support for the fleet. The Dutch East India Company established a dockyard in Simon’s Town in 1743 which was taken over by the British in the 1790s. A pair of stone storehouses built by the Dutch East India Company on the seafront in the 1740s is now the home of the SA Naval Museum.
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