AWarships
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AWarships
At a glance
Measured figures
Length
Single source62 m (203 ft)[source]
Around estimated
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | SAS Charlotte Maxeke | Type 054B frigate |
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| Power | Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 6,100 shp (4,500 kW)[source] | CODAD , 4 × CS16V27 diesels, 29.12 MW (39,050 hp) total, 2 shafts[source] |
| Name | SAS Charlotte Maxeke[source] | — |
| Namesake | Charlotte Maxeke , a South African religious leader and political activist[source] | — |
| Operator | South African Navy[source] | — |
| Builder | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel[source] |
Around 150 m (490 ft) (estimated)[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 source5,000 nautical miles (5,800 mi; 9,300 km)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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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] | — |
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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 × 100 mm gun PJE-087B 1 × 30 mm H/PJ-11 11-barrel gun-based CIWS 1 × HHQ-10 SAM -based CIWS 8 × Anti-ship missiles A total of 32 (4 × 8-cell) H/AKJ-16 VLS for the first two ships and a total of 48 (6 × 8-cell) H/AKJ-16 VLS from the third ship onward HHQ-16 SAM Yu-8 anti-submarine missile 2 × 3 324mm ASW torpedo launchers[source] |
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| Builders | — | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
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| Operators | — | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Type 054A frigate[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Type | — | Frigate[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1x Harbin Z-20 family helicopter[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Hangar[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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