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A-class minehunterlarger figure on 2 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source54.4 m (178 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | A-class minehunter | Bay-class patrol boat |
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| Power | 2 × MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel engines , 2040 kW each 2 × electric motors for slow and silent maneuvering 2 × Renk PLS 25 E gearboxes 2 × controllable pitch propellers[source] | — |
| Builders | Lürssen Abeking & Rasmussen Istanbul Naval Yard[source] | Austal[source] |
| Operators | Turkish Naval Forces[source] | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] |
| In commission | 2005–present[source] | — |
Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Single source1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Type | Minehunter[source] | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × Marconi 2093 VDS mine hunting sonar DRBN 32 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 | 2 × Barricade chaff and flare launcher[source] | — |
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| Armament | 1 × 30 mm gun 2 × 12.7 mm machine gun 2 × PAP-105 Mk5 mine hunting system Mine laying capabilities[source] | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] |
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| Notes | mine diver equipment, decompression chamber crane[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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