APatrol & mine warfare vessels
5-Series-class fast attack craft
Missile boat ( 556,557,558,561 and 562 ) Gunboat ( others )
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APatrol & mine warfare vessels
Missile boat ( 556,557,558,561 and 562 ) Gunboat ( others )

At a glance
5-Series-class fast attack craftlarger figure on 1 of 1
Measured figures
for hull numbers 551-555,559 and 560
Single sourcefor hull numbers 556,557,558,561-570
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 5-Series-class fast attack craft | Bay-class patrol boat |
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| Displacement | 350 tons (for 551–555)[source] | 134 tons[source] |
| Builders | Myanmar Naval Dockyard[source] | Austal[source] |
| Operators | Myanmar Navy[source] | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] |
| Succeeded by | 49m Stealth FAC (M)[source] |
Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
47 m (154 ft) for hull numbers 551-555,559 and 560 . 56 m (184 ft) for hull numbers 556,557,558,561-570 .[source]
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Built | 1996–2013[source] | — |
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| In commission | Hull no: 551–555 (1996) Hull no: 556–558 (2004) Hull no: 559–560 (2005) Hull no: 561–562 (2008) Hull no: 563–570 (2013–2014)[source] | — |
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| Completed | 20[source] |
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| Active | 20[source] |
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| Type | Missile boat ( 556,557,558,561 and 562 ) Gunboat ( others )[source] | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 559, 560 2 x Furuno navigation radars 1 x Rice Lamp fire-control radar(for 553,554 and 555) 1 x electro-optic fire-control system (for 559 and 560) 556, 557, 558, 561, 562 1 x MR-36A surface search radar (with Magnetron transmitters) 1 x MR-34T fire-control radar 1 x Furuno navigation radar 2 x Kolonka optical director 563, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570 1 x MR-36A surface search radar (with Magnetron transmitters) 1 x Furuno navigation radar[source] | Radar: Surface search: Racal Decca; E/F and I bands Sonar: Wesmar SS 390E dipping sonar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 556,557,558,561 and 562 1 x NRJ-5A ECM / ESM system 2 x Mirage NRJ-5 ECM / ESM system 4 x Type-A FL-NA flare catridge magazines for various chaff and flare types[source] | — |
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| Armament | 551 and 552 1 x Chinese Type-66 57 mm twin AA gun 1 x 2M-3M 26 mm AA gun 2 x ZPU-1 14.5 mm guns 553,554 and 555 2 x Type 76 twin 37 mm naval gun 1 x 2M-3M 25mm twin gun 2 x ZPU-1 14.5 mm guns 556,557 and 558 2 x NG-18 30 mm CIWS Gun 2 x locally-made Type-91 quad remote-controlled guns 4 x C-802 surface-to-surface missiles 4 x turret mounted Igla SAM 2 x license built QJG-02G 14.5 mm heavy machine guns 559 and 560 2 x CRN-91(Medak) 30mm single guns (for 559 and 560) 1 x 2M-3M 26 mm AA gun 2 x license built QJG-02G 14.5 mm heavy machine guns 561 and 562 2 x NG-18 30 mm CIWS Gun 2 x locally-made Type-91 quad remote-controlled guns 2 x C-802 surface-to-surface missiles 4 x turret mounted Igla SAM 2 x license built QJG-02G 14.5 mm heavy machine guns 563,564,565,566,567,568,569 and 570 2 x locally-made 37-40 mm naval guns (possibly based on Chinese Type-76A) 2 x locally-made Type-91 quad remote-controlled guns 2 x license built QJG-02G 14.5 mm heavy machine guns 4 x turret mounted Igla SAM[source] | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] |
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| Notes | 556 is the first locally-made missile boat.[source] | — |
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| Name | — | Bay class[source] |
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| In service | — | 1999–present[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Propulsion | — | 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 × Wiltrading Pursuit 640 vessels (USLC-2C Survey)[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Australia[source]Bay-class patrol boat · origin explicitly stated in the linked current national-inventory row; no inference from operator or shipyard |
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