Ambassador MK III missile boat vs Auk-class minesweeper

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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

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

Auk-class minesweeper

Minesweeper

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Ambassador MK III missile boatLength

63 m

Length source ↗

Auk-class minesweeperLength

67.41 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3

Beam+3%

Auk-class minesweeperlarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+7%
Draught+68%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

13 of 25 rows sourced on both sides

63m

67.41m

Length+7%

All recorded figures & sources

63 m

Length

Single source

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

67.41 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Ambassador MK III missile boat and Auk-class minesweeper configuration
Specification	Ambassador MK III missile boat	Auk-class minesweeper
Name	Ambassador MK III^[source]	Auk class^[source]
Builders	VT Halter Marine^[source]	(10 builders in 9 states)^[source]
Operators	Egyptian Navy^[source]	United States Navy Royal Navy (under Lend-Lease) Post WWII Hellenic Navy Philippine Navy Republic of Korea Navy Turkish Naval Forces Mexican Navy Republic of China Navy^[source]
Cost	US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)^[source]

Built	2008–2013^[source]	—

In commission	2013–^[source]	—

Planned	4^[source]	—

Active	4^[source]	—

Type	Missile boat^[source]	Minesweeper^[source]

Propulsion	4 shafts^[source]	2 × Diesel–electric drives 2 × screws^[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]	Varied 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber gun (aft gun removed in AM-314 and up) 2 × 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns (added in place of aft gun in AM-314 and up) 8 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons (varied from 4 in early ships to 8 in later ships) 2 × depth charge tracks 5 × k-guns AM-371 and up 4 × k-guns 1 × Hedegehog^[source]