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SAS Manthatisilarger figure on 3 of 3
Shallow Water Combat Submersiblelarger figure on 0 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
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Length
Single source62 m[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | SAS Manthatisi | Shallow Water Combat Submersible |
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| Power | Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 6100 shp[source] | — |
| Name | SAS Manthatisi[source] | — |
| Namesake | An 18th Century Batlokwa chieftainess[source] | — |
| Operator | South African Navy[source] | — |
| Builder | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel[source] | — |
| Launched | 15 June 2004[source] |
6.8 meters (22 ft)[source]
at 10 knots, snorkeling , (
Single sourceat 10 knots, surfaced, (
Single sourceat 20 km/h · source measurement 2
Single sourceat 20 km/h · source measurement 4
Single sourceat 4 knots, submerged (
Single sourceat 7 km/h
Single source11,000 nmi. at 10 knots, surfaced, (20,000 km at 20 km/h); 8,000 nmi. at 10 knots, snorkeling , (15,000 km at 20 km/h); 400 nmi. at 4 knots, submerged (740 km at 7 km/h)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Commissioned | 3 November 2005[source] | — |
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| Home port | Simon's Town[source] | — |
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| Status | in active service[source] | — |
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| Type | Heroine-class submarine[source] | Submersible , diver propulsion vehicle[source] |
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| Test depth | 500 m[source] | >190 feet (58 m)[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] | Inertial navigation system , high-frequency sonar for obstacle/mine avoidance and navigation, GPS[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] | SEAL team personal weapons, limpet mines[source] |
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| Builders | — | Teledyne Brown Engineering[source] |
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| Operators | — | United States Navy Royal Navy (planned)[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | SEAL Delivery Vehicle[source] |
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| Cost | — | $383 million (program cost)[source] |
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| On order | — | 7 USN, 3 RN[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Propulsion | — | Lithium-ion batteries powering electric motors[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | United States[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 5, cell 2; revision 1373375989; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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