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Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
City-class mine countermeasures vessellarger figure on 2 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source63 m (206 ft 8 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Ambassador MK III missile boat | City-class mine countermeasures vessel |
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| Name | Ambassador MK III[source] | City class (Belgium) Vlissingen class (Netherlands)[source] |
| Builders | VT Halter Marine[source] | Designer: Naval Group Builders: Piriou Concarneau (France) Kership Lorient (France) Shipyard ATG Giurgiu (Romania)[source] |
| Operators | Egyptian Navy[source] | Belgian Navy Royal Netherlands Navy[source] |
| Cost | US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009) |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
82.6 m (271 ft 0 in)[source]
at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Single source2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)[source]
4× MTU diesels
Single source4× MTU diesels, 30,000 hp (22 MW)[source]
Installed power
Single source32 MW (43,000 hp)[source]
CODLAD : 1 × ABC 12VDZC diesel generator 2 × ABC 6DZC diesel generators 2 × MEP electric motors (1,800 kW each) Propellers : 2 × Wärtsila axles with fixed pitch screws 2 × Wärtsila transverse bow thrusters 1 × Wärtsila transverse stern thruster[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
€166.67 million per unit[source] |
| Built | 2008–2013[source] | Since November 2021[source] |
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| In commission | 2013–[source] | Since November 2025[source] |
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| Planned | 12[source] |
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| Active |
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| Type | Missile boat[source] | Mine countermeasures vessel[source] |
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| Propulsion | 4 shafts[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 8 days at sea[source] | — |
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| 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] | Systems Combat system: Naval Group Polaris system Drone management system and data analysis: UMISOFT suite Naval Group Multi-Drone Mission System (MDMS) Containerized Command and Control Centre with the Mine Warfare System (MWS) Sonars : Bow sonar: iXblue FLS 60 Towed sonar:ECA T18-M Autonomous drone with sonar for mine detection: ECA A18-M AUV (equipped with Exail UMISAS 120 sonar) Radars : Naval surveillance radar: Terma Scanter 6000 Target tracking radar: Thales NS50 AESA Electro-optical sensors : 2 × Sea Eagle FCEO stabilised cameras (HD and infrared) with laser rangefinder , (by Chess Dynamics) Communications : Saab TactiCall ICS communication suite Navigation : iXblue inertial navigation system Underwater drones : ECA Seascan MK2 (identifying mine) ECA K-STER C (disabling mines)' Patria Sonac ACS - Acoustic Minesweeping Systems drone Electronics for the drones by ST Engineering iDirect Belgium, a subcontractor of Exail[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM[source] | — |
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| 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] | Guns : 1 × BAE Bofors 40 Mk4 2 × FN Herstal Sea deFNder (with FN M3R machine guns ) 4 × FN MAG ( general-purpose machine guns on board) Non-lethal weapons : 2 × water cannon 2 × Long-range acoustic device (LRAD)[source] |
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| Country of origin | United States[source]Ambassador MK III missile boat · origin explicitly stated in the linked current national-inventory row; no inference from operator or shipyard | France Belgium[source]Country/countries explicitly given in the equipment row Origin column; not the country operating the row. City class |
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| Preceded by | — | Tripartite class Alkmaar class[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 × UMS Skeldar V-200 unmanned aerial vehicles[source] |
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| Notes | — | Surface boats : 2 × 7 m SOLAS Viking RHIB 1 × ECA Inspector 125 unmanned vessel which deploys the drones equipped with an Exail FLS-5 sonar ) Others : Exail influence dragger with five integrated CTM magnetic modules 1 × overhead crane 1 × stern crane[source] |
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