| Navy Cross | |
| Presenter: | the State President and, from 1994, the President |
| Country: |  South Africa |
| Type: | Military decoration for bravery |
| Eligibility: | South African Navy members |
| Awarded For: | Exceptional courage, leadership, or skill in dangerous or critical situations |
| Status: | Discontinued in 2003 |
| Post-Nominals: | CN |
| Established: | 1987 |
| Firstawarded: | 1991 |
| Precedence Label: | SADF pre-1994 & SANDF post-2002 orders of wear |
| Higher: | |
| Lower: | |
The Navy Cross (Vlootkruis in Afrikaans), post-nominal letters CN (Crux Navalis) is a military decoration which was instituted by the Republic of South Africa in 1987. It was awarded to members of the South African Navy for bravery. It was discontinued in 2003, but backdated awards can still be made for acts of bravery during this period.[1]
The first award was made by the then Chief of the Navy Vice Admiral Robert Simpson-Anderson on 15 August 1994.[2]
The Union Defence Forces (UDF) were established in 1912 and renamed the South African Defence Force (SADF) in 1958. On 27 April 1994, it was integrated with six other independent forces into the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).[3] [4] [5]
The Navy Cross, post-nominal letters CN (Crux Navalis), was instituted by the State President in 1987.[3] [6]
The cross was initially awarded for exceptional ingenuity, resourcefulness and skill, and extraordinary leadership, dedication, sense of duty and personal example and courage in mortal danger in non-combatant situations. After 1993 it was awarded for exceptional courage, leadership, skill, ingenuity or tenacity in dangerous or critical situations. A Bar, instituted in 1993, could be awarded in recognition of further similar displays of courage, leadership, skill, ingenuity or tenacity in danger.[5]
The position of the Navy Cross in the official order of precedence was revised three times, to accommodate the inclusion or institution of new decorations and medals, first upon the integration into the South African National Defence Force on 27 April 1994, again when decorations and medals were belatedly instituted in April 1996 for the two former non-statutory forces, the Azanian People's Liberation Army and Umkhonto we Sizwe, and again when a new series of military decorations and medals was instituted in South Africa on 27 April 2003, but it remained unchanged on all three occasions.[7] [8]
Conferment of the decoration was discontinued in respect of services performed on or after 27 April 2003.[4]
Since inclusion in the table itself is impractical, the actions cited for follow below the table. The Ranks reflected are the final rank held by the recipient.
| CN no. | Name | Rank | Unit | Date awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard, LJ | WO2 | |||
| Doult, A | LS | |||
| Minnaar, S | LT CDR | |||
| Wooding, L | S LT | |||
| Tancrel, CD | WO1 | |||
| Norman, DJH | CDR | |||
| Motsoenyane, F | PO | |||
| Swart, WP | LS | |||
| Palmer, JR | LT CDR | |||
| Stephenson, JD | WO2 | |||
| Hicks, NM | CPO | |||
| Jacobs, PL | CPO | |||
| Marnitz, RB | CPO | |||
| Nel, MFJ | CPO | |||
| Zarry, WS | CPO | |||
| Buys, AC | LS | |||
| Ferguson, SC | LS | |||
| Price, L | LS | |||
| Henderson, RW | Cdr | OC Diving School | ||
| Uys, JCI | S LT | |||
| Engelbrecht, JH | WO1 | |||
| Smith, NC | CPO | Diving School | ||
| Schoultz, CF | LS | |||
| Van wyk, H | LS | |||
| 0013 | Schoeman, MF | LT CDR | ||
| Stander, A | WO1 | |||
| Prinsloo, A | WO2 | |||
| Jaffar, MN | CPO | |||
| Pronk, TP | CPO | |||
| Mahlwele, MD | PO | |||
| Hughes, RP | WO2 | |||
| Combrink, WW | Cdr | |||
| Lewis, GSM | WO2 | SAS Protea | ||
| - | Frieslaar, J.M | CPO | ||
| Williams, DC | CPO | |||