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Alkmaar-class minehunterlarger figure on 0 of 3
Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 3 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source49.10 m (161 ft 1 in)[source]
Length
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| Specification | Alkmaar-class minehunter | Ambassador MK III missile boat |
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| Complement | — | 36 (8 officers, 10 chief petty officers, and 18 ratings), 38[source] |
| Name | Alkmaar class[source] | Ambassador MK III[source] |
| Builders | Van der Giessen-De Noord , Alblasserdam[source] | VT Halter Marine[source] |
| Operators | Initial Royal Netherlands Navy Export Bulgarian Navy Latvian Naval Forces Pakistan Navy Ukrainian Navy[source] | Egyptian Navy[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
63 m (206 ft 8 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Preceded by | Dokkum class[source] | — |
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| Succeeded by | Vlissingen class[source] | — |
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| Cost | 1.3 billion Dutch guilders[source] | US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)[source] |
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| Built | 1979–1989[source] | 2008–2013[source] |
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| In commission | 1983–present[source] | 2013–[source] |
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| Planned | 15[source] |
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| Completed | 15[source] | — |
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| Active | 14[source] |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Type | Minehunter[source] | Missile boat[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × PAP 104[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × DUBM 21B sonar 1 × Racal Decca 1229 radar EVEC plotting system[source] | Thales MRR-3D NG G band multi-role radar Thales Scout ( I / J band ) Maritime Surveillance Radar Thales STING-EO Mk2 fire control Radar Link ASN 150, LinkYE, Link 14 and Link 11 data links IFF TACTICOS Combat Management System with Model 033-2T/066-2T Tracking Pedestals.[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 20 mm gun[source] | 8 × RGM-84 Boeing Harpoon SSM Block 1G in 2 quad canister launchers 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 Super Rapid DP gun 1 × Mk 31 Mod 3 RIM-116 RAM (21 missiles) 1 × Raytheon Mk 15 Mod 21 Phalanx (Block 1B) 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × deck-mounted 7.62 mm M60 machine guns[source] |
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| Country of origin | Netherlands[source] | United States[source]Ambassador MK III missile boat · origin explicitly stated in the linked current national-inventory row; no inference from operator or shipyard |
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| Propulsion | — | 4 shafts[source] |
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| Endurance | — | 8 days at sea[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM[source] |
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