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Measured figures
Length
Single source58 m (190 ft)[source]
Tarlan -class torpedo boat · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | SAS Makhanda | Tarlan-class speedboat |
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| Displacement | 415 tons (450 tons full loaded)[source] | 9 tons (standard)[source]Tarlan -class torpedo boat |
| Power | 4 MTU 16V 538 diesel engines , four shafts, total of 12,800 hp (9,500 kW)[source] | Diesel[source]Tarlan -class torpedo boat 2 × diesel engines, 1,320 horsepower (0.98 MW) 2 × surface piercing propellers[source]Tarlan -class torpedo boat |
| Name | SAS Makhanda[source] | — |
| Namesake |
11.9 m (39 ft 1 in)[source]Tarlan -class torpedo boat
at 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h)
Single sourceat 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Single source4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h) 1,650 nmi (3,060 km; 1,900 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
named for the Xhosa warrior Makhanda[source]
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| Operator | South African Navy[source] | — |
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| Builder | Sandock Austral, Durban[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 4 July 1986[source] | — |
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| Home port | Naval Base Durban[source] | — |
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| Status | in active service[source] | — |
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| Class & type | Warrior class strike craft[source] | — |
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| Type | Missile boat[source] | Torpedo boat[source]Tarlan -class torpedo boat |
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| Operators | — | Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps[source]Tarlan -class torpedo boat |
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| In service | — | 2005–present[source]Tarlan -class torpedo boat |
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| Alternative designation | — | Tarlan[source] |
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