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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Heroine class |
| Builders | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft |
| Operators | South African Navy |
| Preceded by | Daphné class |
| Succeeded by | Type 214 |
| Built | 3 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Active | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Type 209/1400 submarine |
| Displacement | 1,454 t (1,431 long tons) submerged |
| Length | 62 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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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. The class is composed of three vessels.