SAS Spear
| History | |
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| South Africa | |
| Name | SAS Spear, ex Maria van Riebeeck |
| Namesake | Maria van Riebeeck |
| Builder | Dubigeon-Normandy, Nantes, France |
| Laid down | 14 March 1968 |
| Launched | 18 March 1969 |
| Christened | by Elize Botha (wife of P.W. Botha) |
| Commissioned | 22 June 1970 |
| Renamed | SAS Spear, 1999 |
| Homeport | Simon's Town |
| Identification | Pennant number:S97 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 2003 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Daphné-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 57.8 m (190 ft) |
| Beam | 6.8 m (22 ft) |
| Draught | 4.6 m (15 ft) |
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| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph), (snorkelling) |
| Complement | 6 officers and 41 ratings |
| Armament | 12 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes (8 bow, 4 stern) |
SAS Spear (pennant number: S97), initially known as the SAS Maria van Riebeeck, was a Daphné-class submarine of the South African Navy (SAN). Built in France during the 1960s, the boat was the SAN's first submarine. It was scrapped in June–July 2003.