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Alta-class minesweeperlarger figure on 1 of 3
Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source55.2 metres[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Alta-class minesweeper | Ambassador MK III missile boat |
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| Name | Alta class[source] | Ambassador MK III[source] |
| Builders | Kværner Mandal , Mandal, Norway[source] | VT Halter Marine[source] |
| Operators | Royal Norwegian Navy[source] | Egyptian Navy[source] |
| In commission | 1996–present[source] | 2013– |
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.
| Completed | — |
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| Active |
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| Lost | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Minesweeper[source] | Missile boat[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Oropesa mechanical sweep Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) Agate (Air Gun and Transducer Equipment) acoustic minesweeping system Elma magnetic sweepers[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 × Sadral surface-to-air missile system 1 or 2 × Rheinmetall 20 mm AA guns 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns[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 | Norway[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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| Cost | — | US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2008–2013[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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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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