Ambassador MK III missile boat vs Sonya-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

Sonya-class minesweeper

coastal minesweeper

Credit

Anton Blinov · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Ambassador MK III missile boatLength

63 m

Length source ↗

Sonya-class minesweeperLength

48.8 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+29%
Beam+14%
Speed+171%

Sonya-class minesweeperlarger figure on 0 of 3

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

63m

48.8m

Length+29%

All recorded figures & sources

63 m

Length

Single source

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

48.8 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Ambassador MK III missile boat and Sonya-class minesweeper configuration
Specification	Ambassador MK III missile boat	Sonya-class minesweeper
Displacement	600 tons^[source]	400 tons standard, 450 tons full load^[source]
Name	Ambassador MK III^[source]	Sonya class (Project 1265)^[source]
Builders	VT Halter Marine^[source]	—
Operators	Egyptian Navy^[source]	Soviet Navy Russian Navy Russian Coast Guard Ukrainian Navy Azerbaijani Navy Bulgarian Navy Cuban Revolutionary Navy Syrian Navy Vietnam People's Navy

Cost	US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)^[source]	—

Built	2008–2013^[source]	1971–1991^[source]

In commission	2013–^[source]	1971–present^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	—

Active	4^[source]	—

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

Propulsion	4 shafts^[source]	—

Endurance	8 days at sea^[source]	10 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]	Radar: Spin Trough Sonar: MG-89^[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 × twin 30 mm guns 1 × twin 25 mm guns Sweeps GKT, PEMT-2, ST-2^[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]