EMILY HOBHOUSE (S98) submarine

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Built as a submarine by Dubigeon Normandy, Nantes for the South African Navy.
24 October 1969 launched as the EMILY HOBHOUSE (S98). One of the Daphné class. She was named after Emily Hobhouse a Cornish humanitarian in South Africa during the Boer War who was later made an honorary citizen of South Africa.
Displacement 864 tons surfaced, 1,042 tons submerged. Dim. 57.8 x 6.8 x 4.6m.(draught).
Powered diesel electric by two SEMT-Pielstick 12 PA4 V 185 diesels; 2,450 hp., two electro motors 2,600 hp., twin shafts, speed 13.5 knots surfaced, 16 knots dived.
Range 4,500 miles at 5 knots snorting; 2,700 at 12 knots surface.
Armament: 12 – 21.7 inch torpedo tubes.
Crew 47.
26 February 1971 commissioned under command of Lt. Cdr. Lambert Jackson.

In 1982, the SAS EMILY HOBHOUSE was part of a submarine officer commanding course exercise occurring 80 miles off Cape Point on February 17. Her mission was to pass through the security screen provided by the frigates SAS PRESIDENT KRUGER (F150), and SAS PRESIDENT PRETORIUS (F145) and simulate an attack on the replenishment ship SAS TAFELBERG (A23) which the frigates were protecting. The heavy seas were causing clutter on the radar screens and the execution of a WWII-era convoy maneuver in the rough seas ended in a collision at 4:23am between the TAFELBERG and the PRESIDENT KRUGER that resulted in minor damage to the TAFELBERG and the sinking of the PRESIDENT KRUGER on the morning of February 18 with a loss of 16 lives.
1994 With the end of Apartheid in South Africa she was renamed in SAS UMKHONTO, what is the Zulu word for spear.
The SAS UMKHONTO was paid off in 2003 and scrapped in 2008.
South Africa 1997 70c sg957, scott967 ( the fregate is the PRESIDENT STEYN.)
Source: The World Navies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAS_Umkhonto