Ambassador MK III missile boat vs Natya-class minesweeper

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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

Natya-class minesweeper

minesweeper

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Ambassador MK III missile boatLength

63 m

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Natya-class minesweeperLength

61 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+3%
Speed+145%

Natya-class minesweeperlarger figure on 1 of 3

Beam+2%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

63m

61m

Length+3%

All recorded figures & sources

63 m

Length

Single source

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

61 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Ambassador MK III missile boat and Natya-class minesweeper configuration
Specification	Ambassador MK III missile boat	Natya-class minesweeper
Displacement	600 tons^[source]	873 tons^[source]
Complement	36 (8 officers, 10 chief petty officers, and 18 ratings), 38^[source]	—
Name	Ambassador MK III^[source]	Project 266M Akvamarin^[source]
Builders	VT Halter Marine^[source]	KB Baltic Zavod^[source]

Operators	Egyptian Navy^[source]	Soviet Navy Russian Navy Ukrainian Navy Indian Navy Libyan Navy Syrian Navy Yemeni 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]	1970s–2001^[source]

In commission	2013–^[source]	1970–present^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	—

Active	4^[source]	—

Type	Missile boat^[source]	minesweeper^[source]

Propulsion	4 shafts^[source]	—

Endurance	8 days at sea^[source]	7 days^[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]	Sonar: MG-69/79 High frequency, hull mounted, active mine detection Radar: Don 2 I-band air/surface 2 × Square Head - High Pole B IFF MR-104 Rys' (NATO designation: "Drum Tilt") H/I-band fire control^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM^[source]	Minesweeping: AT-2 acoustic sweep GKT-2 contact sweep TEM-3 magnetic sweep^[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]	2 × AK-230 dual 30 mm autocannons 2 × 2М-3М dual 25 mm autocannons 2 × 5 RBU 1200 7 AMD-1000 naval mines or 32 depth charges underwater mine searcher MKT-210 Sweeps BKT, AT-3, TEM-4^[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	Soviet Union^[source]