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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 1 of 3
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Length
Single source63 m (206 ft 8 in)[source]
Length
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| Specification | Ambassador MK III missile boat | Gowind-class design |
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| Name | Ambassador MK III[source] | Gowind class[source] |
| Builders | VT Halter Marine[source] | Naval Group Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation / Lumut Naval Shipyard Alexandria Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | Egyptian Navy[source] | Egyptian Navy Argentine Navy United Arab Emirates Navy Future operators Royal Malaysian Navy[source] |
| Cost | US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)[source] |
Gowind-class designlarger figure on 2 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
85 m (278 ft 10 in) - 111 m (364 ft 2 in)[source]
4× MTU diesels
Single source4× MTU diesels, 30,000 hp (22 MW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Gowind 1000: € 80 million (2014) (equivalent to € 96.8 million in 2025) per unit Gowind 2500: € 550 million (2026) per unit Gowind 3100: RM 1.5 billion (2011) per unit + ToT (ceiling)[source] |
| Built | 2008–2013[source] | — |
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| In commission | 2013–[source] | 22 September 2017 – present[source] |
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| Planned | 20[source] |
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| Active | 12 (4 Egyptian Navy, 4 Argentine Navy, 2 UAE Navy)[source] |
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| Type | Missile boat[source] | Frigate , Corvette , Offshore patrol vessel[source] |
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| Propulsion | 4 shafts[source] | CODAD[source] |
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| Endurance | 8 days at sea[source] | 21 days[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] | SMART-S MK2 3D radar CAPTAS-2 variable depth sonar SETIS combat system by Naval Group[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM[source] | VIGILE 200 Tactical R-ESM System ALTESSE Naval C-ESM[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 × OTO Melara 76 mm or Bofors 57 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/70 2 × KNDS Narwhal 20 mm or MSI DS30M 30 mm cannon 8 - 16 × VLS for VL MICA 4 - 8 × Exocet or Naval Strike Missile anti ship missile 2 × triple torpedo launcher[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 | — |
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| Subclasses | — | Kership[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Canceled | — | 5 (1 Royal Malaysian Navy, 4 Romanian Navy)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × 5-tons helicopter or 1 × 10-tons helicopter (supported) Schiebel Camcopter S-100[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Stern hangar Helicopter landing platform[source] |
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