Heroine-class submarine

SAS Charlotte Maxeke (S-102)
Class overview
Name:	Heroine class submarine
Builders:	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Operators:	South African Navy
Preceded by:	Daphné class submarine
Built:	3
Completed:	3
Active:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Type 209/1400 submarine
Displacement:	1,454 t, submerged
Length:	62 m (203 ft)
Beam:	7.6 m (25 ft)
Draft:	5.8 m (19 ft)
Propulsion:	Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 6100 shp
Speed:	10 knots (19 km/h), surfaced; 21.5 knots (40 km/h), submerged
Range:	11,000 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)
Test depth:	500 m
Complement:	30
Sensors and processing systems:	Sonar: STN Atlas CSU-90; hull mounted and flank arrays Radar: Surface search I-band Optics: Zeiss non-hull penetrating optronic mast
Electronic warfare & decoys:	ESM: Grintek Avitronics , intercept + radar warning receiver ELINT: Saab S/UME-100 tactical electronic support measures
Armament:	8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 14 AEG SUT 264 torpedoes; optional UGM-84 Harpoon integration

Sonar: STN Atlas CSU-90; hull mounted and flank arrays Radar: Surface search I-band

ESM: Grintek Avitronics , intercept + radar warning receiver

The Heroine class are a variant of the Type 209 diesel-electric attack submarine developed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) of Germany, currently in service with the South African Navy.

South Africa placed a contract for three Type 209 1400-Mod submarines in July 2000 on Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) and Thyssen Nordseewerke. The Type 209 1400-Mod boats displace 1,450t surfaced and 1,600t dived. The Type 209 1400-Mod submarines replace the French-built Daphné class submarines, SAS Spear, SAS Assegaai and SAS Umkhonto which were decommissioned in 2003. The Heroine class are sometimes considered to be South Africa's first "true" submarines, as they were more suited to being underwater than the Daphné models.

The first submarine, SAS Manthatisi (S101), was built by Howaldtswerke at Kiel. It was launched in June 2004 and commissioned in November 2005. The second and third submarines were built by Thyssen Nordseewerke in Emden. The SAS Charlotte Maxeke (S102) was launched in May 2005 and commissioned in March 2007. The third submarine, SAS Queen Modjadji (S103), was launched in 2006 and handed over in February 2008.

The submarines' homeport is Simon's Town naval base near Cape Town.

The submarines are named after powerful South African women. SAS Manthatisi (S101) is named after the female warrior chief of the Batlokwa tribe.SAS Charlotte Maxeke (S102) is named after the female political activist Charlotte Maxeke, who campaigned for equality in the early 20th century.SAS Queen Modjadji (S103) is named after the South African Rain Queen.

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