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SAS Charlotte Maxekelarger figure on 1 of 3
Type 744 buoy tenderlarger figure on 2 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source62 m (203 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | SAS Charlotte Maxeke | Type 744 buoy tender |
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| Power | Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 6,100 shp (4,500 kW)[source] | Marine Diesel @ 973 bhp (726 kW) each[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] | — |
66.6 m (218 ft 6 in)[source]
Type 744 and 744A
Single source44[source]Type 744 and 744A
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] | — |
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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] | Yannan-class[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] | None[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 or 37mm gun & 1 twin 14.5mm machine gun[source] |
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| Operators | — | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Type 994 buoy tender[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 944 buoy tender[source] |
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| Built | — | 1979 to 1980s[source] |
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| In service | — | 1980 onward[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1980 onward[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Type | — | Type 744A Buoy tender[source] |
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| Depth | — | 6 m (19 ft 8 in)[source] |
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| Armour | — | None[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | None[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | None[source] |
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| Source measurement | — | Propulsion: Two 8NVD48A-20 diesel engine @ 973 kW each[source]Type 744 buoy tender · Type 744 and 744A; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Diesel generator : 72 kW x 4[source]Type 744 buoy tender · Type 744 and 744A; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Crane: PBW 12/15 60 kW x 1[source]Type 744 buoy tender · Type 744 and 744A; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |
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