S-102 Charlotte Maxeke

Country:  South Africa

Class, [Type]: Type 209/1400.

Builder: HDW, Kiel, Germany.

Launch date: 04 May 2005.

Commission date: 14 March 2007.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.472 surfaced, 1.594 submerged.

Dimensions ( metres ): 61,2 x 6,25 x 5,5

Main machinery: 4 x MTU 12V396 SE84 AG diesels ( 3.200 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 11 surfaced, 21 submerged.

Range ( miles ): 11.000 at 10 knots surfaced, 8.000 at 10 knots snorkelling, 400 at 4 knots submerged.

Complement: 30.

Torpedoes: 8 x 533mm tubes ( 14 x torpedoes/mines ).

Sonar: STN Atlas Elektronik CSU-90 suite.

Comment: Second unit of a class of three. The entire class will substitute the Spear class submarines ( Daphné ).