SAS Manthatisi
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SAS Manthatisi (S101) is a Heroine-class submarine currently in service with the South African Navy. SAS Manthatisi is named after the female warrior chief of the Batlokwa tribe. The Executive Mayor of Naledi Local Municipality and the godmother of the S101, Dr. Ruth Segomotso Mompati, announced the name of the submarine in 2006 at a ceremony in Simon's Town.[2]
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Name | SAS Manthatisi |
Namesake | An 18th Century Batlokwa chieftainess |
Operator | South African Navy |
Builder | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel[1] |
Launched | 15 June 2004 |
Commissioned | 3 November 2005 |
Homeport | Simon's Town |
Status | in active service |
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Type | Heroine-class submarine |
Displacement | 1,454 t, submerged |
Length | 62 m |
Beam | 7.6 m |
Draft | 5.8 m |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric, 4 diesels, 1 shaft, 6100 shp |
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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 |
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