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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Antonio Garcia · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 3 of 4
Frankenthal-class minehunterlarger figure on 1 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source63 m (206 ft 8 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Ambassador MK III missile boat | Frankenthal-class minehunter |
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| Name | Ambassador MK III[source] | — |
| Builders | VT Halter Marine[source] | Lürssen Abeking & Rasmussen Krögerwerft[source] |
| Operators | Egyptian Navy[source] | German Navy United Arab Emirates Navy Turkish Navy Indonesian Navy[source] |
| Cost | US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)[source] | — |
| Built | 2008–2013 |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
54.4 m (178 ft 6 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]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| In commission | 2013–[source] | 1992–present[source] |
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| Planned | 12[source] |
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| Active | 10[source] |
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| Type | Missile boat[source] | Minehunter[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] | 1 × hull mounted DSQS-11A mine hunting sonar DRBN 32 navigation radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM[source] | 2 × TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launchers (currently under procurement) 2 × Barricade chaff and flare launcher[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] | 1 × Bofors 40 mm/L70 dual-purpose gun (currently upgrading to 1 × MLG 27 27 mm autocannon) 2 FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS surface-to-air missile 2 × Pinguin B3 mine hunting ROVs Mine laying capabilities[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 | Germany[source] Germany[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Hameln -class minesweeper[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | A class Pulau Fani class[source] |
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| Completed | — | 12[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Notes | — | mine diver equipment, decompression chamber crane[source] |
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