Amazonas-class offshore patrol vessel vs T Craft-class patrol vessel

Amazonas-class offshore patrol vessel — licensed reference photograph

APatrol & mine warfare vessels

Amazonas-class offshore patrol vessel

Offshore patrol vessel

Credit

Andrew · CC BY 2.0 · Resized · CC BY 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

T Craft-class patrol vessel

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Amazonas-class offshore patrol vesselLength

90.5 m

Length source ↗

T Craft-class patrol vesselLength

22 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Amazonas-class offshore patrol vessellarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+311%
Beam+93%
Displacement+5305%

T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+28%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 25 rows sourced on both sides

90.5m

22m

Length+311%

All recorded figures & sources

90.5 m

Length

Single source

90.5 m (296 ft 11 in)^[source]

22 m

Length

Single source

22 m (72.2 ft)^[source]

13.5m

Beam+93%

All recorded figures & sources

13.5 m

Beam

Single source

13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)^[source]

7 m

Beam

Single source

7 m (23.0 ft)^[source]

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900mm

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

0.9 m

Draught

Single source

0.9 m (3.0 ft)^[source]

2,000t

37t

Displacement+5305%

All recorded figures & sources

2,000 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

2,000 t (2,000 long tons; 2,200 short tons)^[source]

37 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

36 long tons (37 t)^[source]

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16Complement including one officer

Crew

All recorded figures & sources

16 people

Complement including one officer

Single source

16 personnel^[source]Complement including one officer

—

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

80 people

Complement

Single source

80^[source]

46km/hMaximum; Speed

59km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+28%

All recorded figures & sources

46 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)^[source]

59 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)^[source]

10,200km

980kmat 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)

Range

All recorded figures & sources

10,200 km

Range

Single source

5,500 nmi (10,200 km)^[source]

980 km

at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)

Single source

530 nmi (980 km; 610 mi) at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)^[source]

2 × MAN 16V28/33D diesel engines, 14,700 kW (19,713 hp), 2 shafts 2 × controllable-pitch propellers

1,500kWInstalled power

Power

All recorded figures & sources

2 × MAN 16V28/33D diesel engines, 14,700 kW (19,713 hp), 2 shafts 2 × controllable-pitch propellers^[source]

1,500 kW

Installed power

Single source

2,000 hp (1,500 kW)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Amazonas-class offshore patrol vessel and T Craft-class patrol vessel configuration
Specification	Amazonas-class offshore patrol vessel	T Craft-class patrol vessel
Builders	BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships^[source]	—
Operators	Brazilian Navy^[source]	South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)^[source]
Planned	3^[source]	—
Completed	3^[source]	6^[source]
Active	3^[source]	6^[source]
Type	Offshore patrol vessel^[source]	—
Endurance	35 days^[source]	—
Sensors & processing systems	Batch 2: Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar Terma Scanter 4100 2D radar BAE CMS-1 Shared Infrastructure operating system^[source]	Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band^[source]
Armament	1 × 30 mm DS30M cannon 2 × 25 mm guns 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns^[source]	1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun^[source]
Aviation facilities	20 m (66 ft) flight deck^[source]	—
Country of origin	United Kingdom^[source] United Kingdom^[source]	South Africa^[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference
Name	—	T Craft class^[source]
Class & type	—	Patrol boat^[source]
Propulsion	—	2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets^[source]
Capacity	—	16 (1 officer)^[source]
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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Amazonas-class offshore patrol vessel

T Craft-class patrol vessel

Builders

BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships^[source]

—

Operators

Brazilian Navy^[source]

South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)^[source]

Planned

3^[source]

—

Completed

Active

Type

Offshore patrol vessel^[source]

—

Endurance

35 days^[source]

—

Sensors & processing systems

Batch 2: Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar Terma Scanter 4100 2D radar BAE CMS-1 Shared Infrastructure operating system^[source]

Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band^[source]

Armament

1 × 30 mm DS30M cannon 2 × 25 mm guns 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns^[source]

1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun^[source]

Aviation facilities

20 m (66 ft) flight deck^[source]

—

Country of origin

United Kingdom^[source]

South Africa^[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference

Name

—

T Craft class^[source]

Class & type

—

Patrol boat^[source]

Propulsion

—

2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets^[source]

Capacity

—

16 (1 officer)^[source]

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