AWarships
FORCETALLY
Loading the evidence…
Preparing your view.
Preparing your view.
AWarships
BWarships
Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | SAS Charlotte Maxeke | Type 701 roll-on/roll-off ship |
|---|---|---|
| Power | Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 6,100 shp (4,500 kW)[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] | Songliao Shipyard[source] |
Beam
Single source7.6 m (25 ft)[source]
Maximum; Submerged
Single sourceMaximum; Surfaced
Single source10 knots (19 km/h), surfaced; 21.5 knots (40 km/h), submerged[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.
| Launched | 4 May 2005[source] | — |
|---|
| Commissioned | 14 March 2007[source] | 2013[source] |
|---|
| Status | in active service[source] | — |
|---|
| Class & type | Heroine-class submarine[source] | — |
|---|
| Test depth | 500 m (1,600 ft)[source] | — |
|---|
| 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] | — |
|---|
| Electronic warfare & decoys | ESM : Grintek Avitronics, intercept + radar warning receiver ELINT : Saab S/UME-100 tactical electronic support measures[source] | None[source] |
|---|
| Armament | 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes , 14 AEG SUT 264 torpedoes ; optional UGM-84 Harpoon integration[source] | Two twin 14.5 mm machine guns[source] |
|---|
| Yard number | — | 7814[source] |
|---|
| Sponsored by | — | PLAGF[source] |
|---|
| Acquired | — | 2013[source] |
|---|
| In service | — | 2013[source] |
|---|
| Aircraft carried | — | One[source] |
|---|
| Aviation facilities | — | Landing pad[source] |
|---|
| Propulsion | — | likely powered by a pair of marine diesel engines[source]Reference inference — likely; installed engine type not specified |
|---|
| Country of origin | — | China[source]Inventory Origin column; table 11, row 8, cell 4; revision 1373722962; retrieved 2026-10-01 |
|---|