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SAS Charlotte Maxekelarger figure on 1 of 3
Smârdan-class river monitorlarger figure on 2 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source62 m (203 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | SAS Charlotte Maxeke | Smârdan-class river monitor |
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| Power | Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 6,100 shp (4,500 kW)[source] | 2 × Volvo Penta diesel generators[source] 3 shaft, 3 × Doosan 4V222TIL diesel engines , 3,600 hp (2,700 kW)[source] |
| Name | SAS Charlotte Maxeke[source] | — |
| Namesake | Charlotte Maxeke , a South African religious leader and political activist[source] | — |
| Operator | South African Navy[source] | — |
44.5 m (146 ft 0 in)[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]
Range
Single source500 km (310 mi)[source]
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Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel[source] |
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| Launched | 4 May 2005[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 14 March 2007[source] | — |
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| Status | in active service[source] | — |
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| Class & type | Heroine-class submarine[source] | — |
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| Test depth | 500 m (1,600 ft)[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Sonar : STN Atlas CSU-90; hull mounted and flank arrays Radar : Surface search I-band Optics : Zeiss non-hull penetrating optronic mast[source] | Koden navigation radar Sonar Laser rangefinders , thermal imaging systems[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | ESM : Grintek Avitronics, intercept + radar warning receiver ELINT : Saab S/UME-100 tactical electronic support measures[source] | — |
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| Armament | 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes , 14 AEG SUT 264 torpedoes ; optional UGM-84 Harpoon integration[source] | 1 × A 430 100 mm (3.9 in) gun 1 × Twin 30 mm gun 2 × Quad MR-4N 14.5 mm machine guns 2 × Twin (14.5mm+7.62mm) machine guns 2 × 40 × 122 mm MRL Strela 2M MANPAD[source] |
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| Operators | — | Romanian Naval Forces[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Brutar I/Grivița - class river monitor[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Mihail Kogălniceanu -class river monitor[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1988-present[source] |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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