SAS Queen Modjadji (S103)
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 South Africa
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| Name: | SAS Queen Modjadji |
| Namesake: | A South African Rain Queen |
| Builder: | Nordsee Werke, Emden |
| Launched: | 18 March 2006 |
| Commissioned: | 22 May 2008 |
| Identification: | Pennant number S103 |
| Status: | in active service |
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| Type: | Heroine-class submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,454 t, submerged |
| Length: | 62.0 m (203 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: | 7.6 m (24 ft 11 in) |
| Draft: | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 6,100 shp (4,500 kW) |
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| Test depth: | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
| 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 |
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Sonar: STN Atlas CSU-90; hull mounted and flank arrays Radar: Surface search I-band
ESM: Grintek Avitronics, intercept + radar warning receiver
SAS Queen Modjadji is 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. She is named after the South African Rain Queen. She was named on 14 March 2007 She was named by the ships sponsor, Mrs. Rita Ndzanga, at a ceremony in Emden, Germany on 14 March 2007.
South Africa placed a contract for three Type 209/1400 submarines in July 2000 on Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) and Thyssen Nordseewerke. The Type 209/1400 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.
Queen Modjadji arrived in Simonstown on 22 May 2008.
Commander Handsome Thamsanqa Matsane became the first black officer to command a South African submarine when he took command of Queen Modjadji in April 2012. SAS Queen Modjadji was involved in an accident on the 17 July 2012 when the submarine hit the seabed during training. A 1.5-by-1.5-metre (4.9 ft × 4.9 ft) dent was made in the outer protective plating.
The submarine took part in the joint naval exercise Good Hope V between the South African Navy and the German Navy. The exercise also included the South African Air Force and took place in March 2012. The submarine participated in two further naval exercises in 2012; the multinational maritime exercise between the navies of South Africa, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, Atlasur IX between 24 September and 10 October 2012 and Exercise IBSAMAR III, a trilateral naval exercise between Brazil, India and South Africa from 10 to 26 October 2012.
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