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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 1
LÉ Aislinglarger figure on 1 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source63 m (206 ft 8 in)[source]
overall
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Ambassador MK III missile boat | LÉ Aisling |
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| Complement | 36 (8 officers, 10 chief petty officers, and 18 ratings), 38[source] | 46 (5 officers and 41 ratings)[source] |
| Name | Ambassador MK III[source] | LÉ Aisling[source] |
| Builders | VT Halter Marine[source] | — |
| Operators | Egyptian Navy[source] | — |
| Cost | US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009) |
65.2 m (214 ft) overall[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]
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.
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| Built | 2008–2013[source] | — |
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| In commission | 2013–[source] | — |
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| Planned | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Type | Missile boat[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] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM[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 Automatic Gun L/70 2 × Rheinmetall Rh202 20 mm (0.79 in) Cannons ?x 7.62 mm (0.300 in) GPMG[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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| Namesake | — | Aisling , a vision poem[source] |
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| Builder | — | Verolme Dockyard , Cork[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 31 January 1979[source] |
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| Launched | — | 3 October 1979[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 21 May 1980[source] |
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| Decommissioned | — | 22 June 2016[source] |
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| Home port | — | Haulbowline Naval Base[source] |
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| Identification | — | IMO number : 7820693 Pennant number : P23[source] |
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| Fate | — | Decommissioned[source] |
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| Status | — | in active service[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Emer -class offshore patrol vessel[source] |
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| National origin | — | Netherlands[source] |
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