Ambassador MK III missile boat vs Independence-class littoral mission 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

Independence-class littoral mission vessel — licensed reference photograph

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

Independence-class littoral mission vessel

Patrol vessel

Credit

Seloloving · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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Independence-class littoral mission vesselLength

80 m

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Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 2

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Independence-class littoral mission vessellarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+27%
Beam

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Head to head

20 of 27 rows sourced on both sides

63m

80m

Length+27%

All recorded figures & sources

63 m

Length

Single source

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

80 m

Length

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Configuration

Details

Ambassador MK III missile boat and Independence-class littoral mission vessel configuration
Specification	Ambassador MK III missile boat	Independence-class littoral mission vessel
Complement	36 (8 officers, 10 chief petty officers, and 18 ratings), 38^[source]	Up to 23 baseline crew, up to 30 mission crew^[source]
Name	Ambassador MK III^[source]	Independence class^[source]
Builders	VT Halter Marine^[source]	ST Marine , Benoi , Singapore^[source]
Operators	Egyptian 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]	2014–2020^[source]

In commission	2013–^[source]	2017–present^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	8^[source]

Active	4^[source]	8^[source]

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

Propulsion	4 shafts^[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 : Thales NS 100 S-band multi-function active electronically scanned array radar Navigation radar : Kelvin Hughes SharpEye Fire control : Sagem Gun Fire-control System (GFS) 1 × STELOP COMPASS D^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM^[source]	STELOP 360° all-round surveillance^[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]	Guns : Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid gun , to be replaced with the OTO Melara 76mm gun with STRALES system 2 × Hitrole 12.7 mm (0.50 in) RCWS 1 × 25mm Mk38 Mod2 Typhoon Weapon Station Stabilised Gun Anti-Air : 12 × MICA VL Non-lethal: 2 x Long-Range Acoustic Device 500 Xtreme (LRAD500X)^[source]