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SUBMARINES
3 X 209 Class (Type 1400MOD (SA)) (SSK)
S101
| Name |
No |
Builders |
Launched |
Commissioned |
| SAS
MANTHATISI |
S101 |
Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, Kiel |
15 Jun 04 |
3 Nov 05 |
| SAS
CHARLOTTE MAXEKE |
S102 |
Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, Kiel |
04 May 05 |
14 Mar 07 |
| SAS QUEEN
MODJADJI I |
S103 |
Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft, Kiel |
18 Mar 06 |
22 May 08 |
Programme: These submarines have been acquired from the German
Submarine Consortium. Final approval for their purchase was given on 15
September 1999 and the contract was signed on 7 July 2000. The submarines are
being built by HDW, TNSW and Kockums with a first delivery date of early 2006.
The remaining boats will follow at 12 month intervals thereafter.
2 Daphne Class (SSK) since withdrawn from service (1 retained for a
museum)
Daphne Class (SSK)
| Name |
No |
Builders |
Launched |
Commissioned |
| SAS UMKHONTO (ex-Emily Hobhouse) |
S 98 |
Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes Chantenay |
24 Oct 1969 |
26 Feb 1971 |
| SAS ASSEGAAI(ex-Johanna van der Merwe) |
S 99 |
Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes Chantenay |
21 July 1970 |
27 Aug 1971 |
| Displacement, tons: |
869 surfaced; 1,043 dived |
| Dimensions, feet (metres): |
189,6 x 22,3 x 15,1 (57,8 x6,8 x4,6) |
| Main Machinery: |
Diesel-electric; 2 SEMT-Pielstick 12 PA4 V 185 diesels;
2,450 hp(m) (1,8 MW); 2 Jeumont Schneider alternators; 1,7 MW; 2 motors;
2,600 hp(m) (1,9 MW); 2 shafts |
| Speed, knots: |
13,5 surfaced; 16 dived |
| Range, miles: |
4,500 at 5kt snorting; 2,700 at 12,5kt surfaced |
| Complement: |
47 (6 officers) |
| Torpedoes: |
12-21,7 in (550 mm) (8 bow, 4 stern) tubes; ECAN E15 dual
purpose; passive homing to 12 km (6,6 n miles) |
| Countermeasures: |
ESM; ARUD; radar warning upgraded by Grinaker Electronics |
| Weapons Control: |
Trivetts-UEC weapon control system; DCSC-2 being fitted |
| Radars: |
Surface search; Thomson-CSF Calypso II; I-band. |
| Sonar: |
Thomson Sintra DUUX2; hull-mounted; active/passive search
and attack; 8,4 kHz active. Thomson Sintra DUUX2 or UEC; passive
rangefinding. Thomson Sintra DSUV2 or UEC; passive search; medium
frequency. |
| Programmes: |
Ordered from France in 1967 |
| Modernisation: |
A weapon systems upgrading (including sonar), as well as
improved habitability as part of a mid-life improvement programme, was
completed in Umkhonto in July 1988, Assegaai in late 1990. Assegaai
completed a four year refit on 19 May 1999 and Umkhonto became operational
again in early 2001 after a short refit. Spear was ultimately sold as
scrap in 2002. All Daphne Class submarines have since been withdrawn from
service to be replaced by the new Type 209 submarines. |
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