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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Alta-class minesweeperlarger figure on 4 of 5
Measured figures
Length
Single source55.2 metres[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Alta-class minesweeper | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Name | Alta class[source] | T Craft class[source] |
| Builders | Kværner Mandal , Mandal, Norway[source] | — |
| Operators | Royal Norwegian Navy[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| In commission | 1996–present[source] | — |
| Completed |
T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 5
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Lost | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Minesweeper[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] | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[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] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Country of origin | Norway[source] | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference |
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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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| 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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