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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 2 of 2
Lerici-class minehunterlarger figure on 0 of 2
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Measured figures
Length
Single source63 m (206 ft 8 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Ambassador MK III missile boat | Lerici-class minehunter |
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| Complement | 36 (8 officers, 10 chief petty officers, and 18 ratings), 38[source] | 47: 4 officers, 7 clearance divers , 36 ratings[source] |
| Name | Ambassador MK III[source] | Lerici class[source] |
| Builders | VT Halter Marine[source] | Intermarine SpA[source] |
| Operators | Egyptian Navy[source] |
49.98 m (164 ft 0 in)[source]
4× MTU diesels
Single source4× MTU diesels, 30,000 hp (22 MW)[source]
- (Italian Lerici ): 1 × diesel engine Grandi Motori Trieste GMT BL-230.8M, 1,089 kW (1,460 bhp), driving a single variable pitch propeller - (Italian Lerici ): 3 × active rudders by 3 diesel engines Isotta Fraschini ID-36-SS 6V[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Italian Navy Algerian National Navy Royal Australian Navy Finnish Navy Royal Malaysian Navy Nigerian Navy Republic of China Navy Royal Thai Navy United States Navy[source] |
| Cost | US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)[source] | — |
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| Built | 2008–2013[source] | 1985–1997 (Italian-operated vessels)[source] |
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| In commission | 2013–[source] | — |
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| Planned | 5 (Taiwan)[source] |
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| Active | — |
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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] | VDS FIAR SQQ-14 (IT) sonar[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 gun or 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon[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 | Italy[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Subclasses: Lerici class Second Series Lerici class or Gaeta class Export derivatives: Mahamiru class (Malaysia and Nigeria) Osprey class (United States) Huon class (Australia) Lat Ya class (Thailand) Katanpää class (Finland)[source] |
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| Building | — | 2 (Algeria) 1 (Taiwan)[source] |
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| Completed | — | 12 (Italy) 1 (Algeria) 3 (Finland) 4 (Malaysia) 2 (Nigeria) 12 (USA) 6 (Australia) 2 (Thailand)[source] |
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| Canceled | — | 6 (Thailand)[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 remote-operated mine-clearance vehicles[source] |
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| Notes | — | All other characteristics as above are taken from:[source] |
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