Ambassador MK III missile boat vs Jan Mayen-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

Jan Mayen-class patrol vessel

Offshore patrol vessel

Credit

Tone Molnes / VARD · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Ambassador MK III missile boatLength

63 m

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Jan Mayen-class patrol vesselLength

136.4 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+81%

Jan Mayen-class patrol vessellarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+117%
Beam+120%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

63m

136m

Length+117%

All recorded figures & sources

63 m

Length

Single source

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

136.4 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Ambassador MK III missile boat and Jan Mayen-class patrol vessel configuration
Specification	Ambassador MK III missile boat	Jan Mayen-class patrol vessel
Displacement	600 tons^[source]	9,800 tons (standard)^[source]
Complement	36 (8 officers, 10 chief petty officers, and 18 ratings), 38^[source]	max. 100^[source]
Name	Ambassador MK III^[source]	Jan Mayen class^[source]
Builders	VT Halter Marine^[source]

Operators	Egyptian Navy^[source]	Norwegian Coast Guard / Royal Norwegian Navy^[source]

Cost	US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)^[source]	5-billion kroner (for 3 vessels)^[source]

Built	2008–2013^[source]	—

In commission	2013–^[source]	—

Planned	4^[source]	—

Active	4^[source]	3^[source]

Type	Missile boat^[source]	Offshore 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]	TRS-3D/32 radar CEROS 200 Tracker [9LV Mk3 Basic] radar SS1221 sonar EOS 500 visual and infrared camera with laser rangefinder^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM^[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]	1 × Bofors 57 mm L/70 gun .50 calibre machine guns^[source]

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	—

Preceded by	—	Nordkapp class^[source]

Completed	—	3^[source]

Aircraft carried	—	1 × Sikorsky SH-60 (planned)^[source]

Aviation facilities	—	Hangar for two helicopters^[source]

Manufacturer	—	Vard Tulcea^[source]Construction of hulls of the Jan Mayen-class patrol vessels, explicitly identified collectively; outfitting is performed at a different yard. Vard Langsten^[source]Outfitting and testing of the Jan Mayen-class patrol vessels after their hulls were towed to Norway; hull construction occurs at Vard Tulcea.

Manufacturer

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Vard Tulcea^[source]Construction of hulls of the Jan Mayen-class patrol vessels, explicitly identified collectively; outfitting is performed at a different yard.

Vard Langsten^[source]Outfitting and testing of the Jan Mayen-class patrol vessels after their hulls were towed to Norway; hull construction occurs at Vard Tulcea.