Ambassador MK III missile boat vs Fearless-class patrol vessel

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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

Fearless-class patrol vessel

Patrol vessel

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Credit

ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Ambassador MK III missile boatLength

63 m

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Fearless-class patrol vesselLength

55 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+15%
Beam+16%

Fearless-class patrol vessellarger figure on 0 of 2

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Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

63m

55m

Length+15%

All recorded figures & sources

63 m

Length

Single source

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

55 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Ambassador MK III missile boat and Fearless-class patrol vessel configuration
Specification	Ambassador MK III missile boat	Fearless-class patrol vessel
Complement	36 (8 officers, 10 chief petty officers, and 18 ratings), 38^[source]	—
Name	Ambassador MK III^[source]	Fearless class^[source]
Builders	VT Halter Marine^[source]	ST Engineering (Marine) Abu Dhabi Ship Building PJSC^[source]
Operators	Egyptian Navy^[source]	Republic of Singapore Navy Royal Navy of Oman United Arab Emirates Navy Royal Brunei Navy

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

Built	2008–2013^[source]	1995–1998^[source]

In commission	2013–^[source]	1996–2020 (Singapore) 2023–present (Brunei)^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	—

Active	4^[source]	2 (in Brunei service)^[source]

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

Propulsion	4 shafts^[source]	2× MTU 12 V 595 TE 90 diesel engines coupled to ZF gearboxes driving 2× Kamewa waterjets^[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]	Search radar : IAI /ELTA EL/M-2228(X) (E/F band) Navigation radar : Kelvin Hughes 1007 ( I band ) Sonar : Thales Underwater Systems TSM 2362 Gudgeon hull-mounted medium frequency active sonar (first 6 ships) Weapon control : Elbit MSIS optronic director^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM^[source]	ESM : Elisra NS 9010C intercept, Rafael C-Pearl M Decoys : 2× GEC Marine Shield III 102 mm sextuple fixed chaff launchers^[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]	Anti-air : Mistral missile Anti-submarine : EuroTorp A244/S Mod 1 torpedoes (first 6 ships) Main gun : Oto Melara 76 mm gun Machine guns : 4× STK 50MG 12.7 mm (1 in) HMG^[source]