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SAS Charlotte Maxekelarger figure on 0 of 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source62 m (203 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | SAS Charlotte Maxeke | Type 620 tanker |
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| Power | Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 6,100 shp (4,500 kW)[source] | 1 × Type 6 ESDZ 43 marine diesel engines, 2,600 hp (1,939 kW) 1 shaft[source] |
| Name | SAS Charlotte Maxeke[source] | Shengli[source] |
| Namesake | Charlotte Maxeke , a South African religious leader and political activist[source] | Victory[source] |
| Operator | South African Navy[source] | — |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
101 m (331 ft 4 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]
@ 14 kn
Single source2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) @ 14 kn[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Builder | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel[source] | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding[source] |
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| Launched | 4 May 2005[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 14 March 2007[source] | 1980s[source] |
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| Status | in active service[source] | In reserve[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] | Type 756 or Fine Curve radar[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 twin 25 mm (0.98 in) and 1 twin 37 mm (1.5 in) guns[source] |
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| Completed | — | 1980s[source] |
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| Acquired | — | 1980s[source] |
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| Maiden voyage | — | 1981[source] |
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| In service | — | 1981 onward[source] |
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| Fate | — | Being retired[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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