Simon’s Town Dockyard

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naval base shipyard

Simon’s Town Dockyard is a historic naval base and shipyard in Simon’s Town, South Africa, that served as a key strategic facility for the British Royal Navy and later the South African Navy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Simon's Town naval base	1
Simon’s Town Dockyard canonical	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	naval base ⓘ shipyard ⓘ
associatedWith	Royal Navy Africa Station NERFINISHED ⓘ South African maritime defence policy ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
formerOperator	British Admiralty NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	logistical support for fleet operations ⓘ maintenance of naval vessels ⓘ refitting of naval vessels ⓘ
garrison	Simon’s Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicFeature	natural deep‑water harbour ⓘ
hasFacility	berthing facilities ⓘ dry dock ⓘ logistics support infrastructure ⓘ repair workshops ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic naval facility ⓘ
historicalSignificance	longest‑serving naval base in South Africa ⓘ major British naval base in the southern hemisphere ⓘ
locatedIn	Simon’s Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Cape ⓘ
locatedNear	Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	False Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyFeature	Cape Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon’s Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedBy	South African Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Simon’s Town Naval Base NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicRole	key base for control of sea route around the Cape of Good Hope ⓘ support facility for Royal Navy operations in the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean ⓘ support facility for South African maritime defence ⓘ
usedBy	Royal Navy ⓘ South African Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedDuring	Cold War ⓘ World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Dockyards → hadOverseasYard → Simon’s Town Dockyard ⓘ

Boulders Beach → near → Simon’s Town Dockyard ⓘ

this entity surface form: Simon's Town naval base