Ambassador MK III missile boat vs NoCGV Svalbard

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

NoCGV Svalbard

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Ambassador MK III missile boatLength

63 m

Length source ↗

NoCGV Svalbardoverall

103.7 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 2

Speed+135%

NoCGV Svalbardlarger figure on 1 of 2

Beam+91%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 34 rows sourced on both sides

63m

104moverall

Length

All recorded figures & sources

63 m

Length

Single source

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

103.7 m

overall

Single source

89 m

waterline

Single source

340.2 ft (103.7 m) (overall) 292 ft (89 m) (waterline)^[source]

10m

19.1m

Beam+91%

All recorded figures & sources

10 m

Beam

Single source

10 m (32 ft 10 in)^[source]

19.1 m

Beam

Single source

62.6 ft (19.1 m)^[source]

2mDraft

6.5m

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

2 m

Draft

Single source

2 m (6 ft 7 in)^[source]

6.5 m

Draught

Single source

21.3 ft (6.5 m)^[source]

600 tons

6,375t

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

600 tons^[source]

6,375 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

6,375 tonnes^[source]

76km/hMaximum; Speed

32km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+135%

All recorded figures & sources

76 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

41 knots (76 km/h)^[source]

32.4 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)^[source]

3,700kmat 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

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Range

All recorded figures & sources

3,700 km

at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Single source

2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)^[source]

22,000kW4× MTU diesels

3,390kWFour Bergen BRG-8 diesel generators (4 ×

PowerScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

22,000 kW

4× MTU diesels

Single source

4× MTU diesels, 30,000 hp (22 MW)^[source]

3,390 kW

Four Bergen BRG-8 diesel generators (4 ×

Single source

Four Bergen BRG-8 diesel generators (4 × 3,390 kW)^[source]

Diesel-electric Two ABB Azipod VI1500A units (2 × 5 MW)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Ambassador MK III missile boat and NoCGV Svalbard configuration
Specification	Ambassador MK III missile boat	NoCGV Svalbard
Complement	36 (8 officers, 10 chief petty officers, and 18 ratings), 38^[source]	50 (20 officers and 45 other ranks split into 3 shifts with 2 shifts on board at any one time)^[source]
Name	Ambassador MK III^[source]	Svalbard^[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)^[source]	NOK 575 million USD 66.9 million^[source]
Built	2008–2013^[source]	—
In commission	2013–^[source]	—
Planned	4^[source]	—
Active	4^[source]	—
Type	Missile boat^[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 with IFF^[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]	57 mm gun 12.7 mm machine gun Can carry 1 Simbad surface-to-air missile system^[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	—
Namesake	—	Svalbard^[source]
Builder	—	Hull at Tangen Verft , Kragerø Outfitting at Langsten Tomrefjord^[source]
Laid down	—	9 August 2000^[source]
Launched	—	17 February 2001^[source]
Commissioned	—	15 December 2001^[source]
Identification	—	Callsign : LBSV IMO number : 8640387 MMSI number : 259040000^[source]
Status	—	In service^[source]
Class & type	—	Offshore patrol vessel^[source]
Depth	—	27.2 ft (8.3 m)^[source]
Aircraft carried	—	Capacity for two helicopters; one Westland Lynx carried initially, NHIndustries NH90 from 2009^[source]
National origin	—	Norway^[source]

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Ambassador MK III missile boat

NoCGV Svalbard

Complement

36 (8 officers, 10 chief petty officers, and 18 ratings), 38^[source]

50 (20 officers and 45 other ranks split into 3 shifts with 2 shifts on board at any one time)^[source]

Name

Ambassador MK III^[source]

Svalbard^[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)^[source]

NOK 575 million USD 66.9 million^[source]

Built

2008–2013^[source]

—

In commission

2013–^[source]

—

Planned

4^[source]

—

Active

4^[source]

—

Type

Missile boat^[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 with IFF^[source]

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]

57 mm gun 12.7 mm machine gun Can carry 1 Simbad surface-to-air missile system^[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

—

Namesake

—

Svalbard^[source]

Builder

—

Hull at Tangen Verft , Kragerø Outfitting at Langsten Tomrefjord^[source]

Laid down

—

9 August 2000^[source]

Launched

—

17 February 2001^[source]

Commissioned

—

15 December 2001^[source]

Identification

—

Callsign : LBSV IMO number : 8640387 MMSI number : 259040000^[source]

Status

—

In service^[source]

Class & type

—

Offshore patrol vessel^[source]

Depth

—

27.2 ft (8.3 m)^[source]

Aircraft carried

—

Capacity for two helicopters; one Westland Lynx carried initially, NHIndustries NH90 from 2009^[source]

National origin

—

Norway^[source]