Ambassador MK III missile boat vs Attack-class patrol boat

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Ambassador MK III missile boat — licensed reference photograph

APatrol & mine warfare vessels

Ambassador MK III missile boat

Missile boat

Credit

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Antonio Garcia · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

Attack-class patrol boat — licensed reference photograph

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

Attack-class patrol boat

Patrol boat

Credit

Photograph by Bill Bradley. Feel free to use it, just credit me as the photographer. You can contact me through my website my website billbeee · CC BY 2.5 · Resized · CC BY 2.5 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Ambassador MK III missile boatLength

63 m

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Attack-class patrol boatLength

32.8 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+92%
Beam+64%
Speed+73%

Attack-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 3

None

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

63m

32.8m

Length+92%

All recorded figures & sources

63 m

Length

Single source

63 m (206 ft 8 in)^[source]

32.8 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Ambassador MK III missile boat and Attack-class patrol boat configuration
Specification	Ambassador MK III missile boat	Attack-class patrol boat
Displacement	600 tons^[source]	100 tons standard 146 tons full load^[source]
Name	Ambassador MK III^[source]	Attack class^[source]
Builders	VT Halter Marine^[source]	Evans Deakin and Company Walkers Limited^[source]
Operators	Egyptian Navy^[source]

Cost	US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)^[source]	A$800,000^[source]

Built	2008–2013^[source]	—

In commission	2013–^[source]	—

Planned	4^[source]	—

Active	4^[source]	—

Type	Missile boat^[source]	Patrol boat^[source]

Propulsion	4 shafts^[source]	2 × 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines 2 shafts^[source]

Endurance	8 days at sea^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	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]	—

Electronic warfare & decoys	4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM^[source]	—

Armament	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]	1 × 40 mm Bofors gun 2 × .50 calibre machine guns^[source]