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Admirable-class minesweeperlarger figure on 2 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Admirable-class minesweeper | Bay-class patrol boat |
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| Displacement | 625 tons[source] | 134 tons[source] |
| Power | 2 × 855shp diesel engines, single reduction gear, 2 shafts[source] | — |
| Builders | (8 companies in 8 states)[source] | Austal[source] |
| Operators | World War II United States Navy Soviet Navy Post-War Republic of China Navy Dominican Navy Republic of Korea Navy Mexican Navy Myanmar Navy Philippine Navy Republic of Vietnam Navy United States Navy Soviet Navy Chinese Maritime Customs Service[source] | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency |
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.
| Preceded by | Hawk class[source] | — |
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| Succeeded by | Agile class[source] | — |
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| Planned | 147[source] | — |
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| Completed | 123[source] |
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| Canceled | 24[source] | — |
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| Preserved | — |
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| Type | Minesweeper[source] | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 4 × Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 4 × Depth charge projectors 2 × Depth charge racks 2 × minesweeping paravanes[source] | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] |
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| Name | — | Bay class[source] |
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| In service | — | 1999–present[source] |
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| Active | — |
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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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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Radar: Surface search: Racal Decca; E/F and I bands Sonar: Wesmar SS 390E dipping sonar[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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