Simon’s Town Museum is housed in “The Residency” which was built in 1777 as the winter residence for the Dutch East India Company Governor at the Cape. Simon’s Town Museum was established in 1977 by the Simon’s Town Historical Society. The Museum was originally housed in the old Simon’s Town Municipality complex but moved to …
Troop ships in Simon’s Bay WWII (Image ST Museum) Simon’s Town activity followed much the same pattern in the Second World War as it did in the First. In the early stages of the war, it was the assembly base for the ships engaged in the rounding up of German ships in the southern oceans, …
Captured German Barque, Simon’s Bay 1914 (Image ST Museum) The part which Simon’s Town and the ships of the Africa Station played in this war differed in no respect from the part it had played in earlier wars. These tasks were to eliminate all enemy ships, especially commerce raiders, from the waters around the southern …
Simon’s Town – a name that every Capetonian knows. It is a stunning place to spend an afternoon as well as an ideal place for a weekend getaway – but what remains is the love that Capetonians have for this historic ocean-side village. Seeped in history, Simon’s Town has always attracted tourists and locals to …
