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MARIA VAN RIEBEECK submarines (1970-1971)


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Emily Hobhouse 1973

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Maria Van Riebeeck, 5.1999- Spear S97   Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes-Chantenay, France 14.3.1968 18.3.1969 22.6.1970 deleted 2003
Emily Hobhouse, 5.1999- Umkhonto S98   Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes-Chantenay, France 18.11.1968 24.10.1969 25.1.1971 deleted 2008
Johanna Van der Merwe, 5.1999- Assegaai S99   Dubigeon-Normandie, Nantes-Chantenay, France 24.4.1969 21.7.1970 21.7.1971 deleted 2008


Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement normal, t

869 / 1043

Length, m

57.8

Breadth, m

6.80

Draught, m

5.25

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SEMT-Pielstick diesel-generators, 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

1300 / 1600

Max speed, kts

13.5 / 16

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)4500(5) /
Armament

12 - 550 TT (8 bow, 4 stern)

Electronic equipmentDRUA-1 radar, DUUA-1, DSUV-1 sonars
Complement47
Diving depth operational, m300


Standard scale images


<i>Maria Van Riebeeck </i>1970
Maria Van Riebeeck 1970


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<i>Emily Hobhouse </i>1973
Emily Hobhouse 1973


Project history

French popular Daphne class, built for some navies.

Modernizations 1.

1989, Emily Hobhouse; 12.1990, Johanna Van der Merwe; 3.1992, Maria Van Riebeeck: - DRUA-1 radar, DUUA-1, DSUV-1 sonars; + Calypso II radar, DUUA-2, DUUX-2, DSUV-2 sonars, ARUD ECM suite, DCSC-2 CCS, air conditioning system

3.1995, Emily Hobhouse; 5.1999, Assegaai: - ARUD ECM suite; + Grinaker ECM suite

Naval service

No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016