Evert Groenewald
Rear Admiral Evert Groenewald is a retired South African Navy officer, who served as Chief of Naval Operations before his retirement in 1999.
He joined the Navy in 1963 at the South [African Naval College] and later obtained a BMil at the South African Military Academy
He commanded the submarines and
He served as Chief of Naval Staff Intelligence as a commodore and on 1 May 1996 was promoted to rear admiral and appointed Chief of Naval Operations.
He retired in 1999 and the post of Chief of Naval Operations was re-organised into Flag Officer Fleet during a Navy restructuring.