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SAS Amatolalarger figure on 3 of 3
SAS Charlotte Maxekelarger figure on 0 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source121 m (397 ft 0 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | SAS Amatola | SAS Charlotte Maxeke |
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| Power | CODAG WARP 2 × Diesels 5,920 kW (7,939 hp) each 2 shafts 1 × Gas turbine 20,000 kW (26,820 hp) 1 waterjet[source] | Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 6,100 shp (4,500 kW)[source] |
| Name | SAS Amatola[source] | SAS Charlotte Maxeke[source] |
| Namesake | The Amatola Mountains where British forces fought the Xhosas in late 1852[source] | Charlotte Maxeke , a South African religious leader and political activist[source] |
| Operator | South African Navy[source] |
62 m (203 ft)[source]
at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Single source8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)[source]
at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), snorkeling
Single sourceat 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), surfaced
Single sourceat 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged
Single source11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), surfaced, 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph), snorkeling , 400 nmi (740 km; 460 mi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph), submerged[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
South African Navy[source] |
| Ordered | 3 December 1999[source] | — |
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| Builder | Blohm+Voss , Hamburg[source] | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel[source] |
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| Laid down | 6 August 2001[source] | — |
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| Launched | 6 June 2002[source] | 4 May 2005[source] |
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| Commissioned | 16 February 2006[source] | 14 March 2007[source] |
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| Home port | Simonstown[source] | — |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 601350000 Callsign : ZSRH[source] | — |
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| Status | in active service[source] | in active service[source] |
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| Class & type | Valour-class frigate[source] | Heroine-class submarine[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Surveillance Radar : Thales Naval France MRR-3D NG G-band multi-role radar Optical Radar Tracker : 2 Reutech RTS 6400 monopulse X-band (I/J bands) combined radar and optronics trackers Electro-optical Tracker : Reutech Electro-optical tracker Identification Friend or Foe : Tellumat Integrated Naval IFF system Target Designation Sights : M-Tek Target Designation Sights Sonar : Thales UMS4132 Kingklip sonar Obstacle avoidance sonar : MDS 3060[source] | Sonar : STN Atlas CSU-90; hull mounted and flank arrays Radar : Surface search I-band Optics : Zeiss non-hull penetrating optronic mast[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | ESM/ECM : Saab Grintek Avitronics SME 100/200 ESM (Intercept and Jammer) & ELINT Decoys : 2 Saab Grintek Avitronics MRL Super Barricade chaff launchers (96 decoys)[source] | ESM : Grintek Avitronics, intercept + radar warning receiver ELINT : Saab S/UME-100 tactical electronic support measures[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun 1 × twin barreled 35 mm (Denel) dual purpose gun 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Mk1 8 × MBDA MM40 Exocet Block 2 SSM (2 × 4-cell launchers) 32 × Umkhonto SAM (4 × 8-cell vertical launchers) 4×324mm torpedo tubes[source] | 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes , 14 AEG SUT 264 torpedoes ; optional UGM-84 Harpoon integration[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × SuperLynx 300 (can carry 2)[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Flight deck Enclosed hangar[source] | — |
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| Test depth | — | 500 m (1,600 ft)[source] |
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