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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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A-class minehunterlarger figure on 3 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source54.4 m (178 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | A-class minehunter | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Builders | Lürssen Abeking & Rasmussen Istanbul Naval Yard[source] | — |
| Operators | Turkish Naval Forces[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| In commission | 2005–present[source] | — |
| Planned | — | |
| Completed | 6 |
T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 4
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22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Single source530 nmi (980 km; 610 mi) at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 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] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × Marconi 2093 VDS mine hunting sonar DRBN 32 navigation radar[source] | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[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 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Notes | mine diver equipment, decompression chamber crane[source] | — |
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| Name | — | T Craft class[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 16 (1 officer)[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference |
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| Manufacturer | — | T Craft International[source]T Craft class · three source ships explicitly built by T CraftInternational T Craft International[source]T Craft class South African vessels P1552/P1553/P1554 built by T Craft International; no sibling equipment or later successor company inference |
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