Ambassador MK III missile boat vs Tuzla-class patrol boat

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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

Tuzla-class patrol boat — licensed reference photograph

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

Tuzla-class patrol boat

Patrol boat

Credit

Beterbocu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 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

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Tuzla-class patrol boatLength

55.75 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+13%
Beam+13%
Speed+65%

Tuzla-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 3

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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 26 rows sourced on both sides

63m

55.75m

Length+13%

All recorded figures & sources

63 m

Length

Single source

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

55.75 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Ambassador MK III missile boat and Tuzla-class patrol boat configuration
Specification	Ambassador MK III missile boat	Tuzla-class patrol boat
Name	Ambassador MK III^[source]	Tuzla class^[source]
Builders	VT Halter Marine^[source]	DEARSAN Gemi İnşaat Sanayi A.Ş (Dearsan Ship Construction Industry ltd.)^[source]
Operators	Egyptian Navy^[source]	Turkish Naval Forces Turkmen Naval Forces^[source]
Cost	US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)^[source]

Built	2008–2013^[source]	—

In commission	2013–^[source]	—

Planned	4^[source]	26 (16 for Turkish Navy, 10 for Turkmen Naval Forces).^[source]

Active	4^[source]	26^[source]

Type	Missile boat^[source]	Patrol boat^[source]

Propulsion	4 shafts^[source]	—

Endurance	8 days at sea^[source]	1500 nmi^[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]	25 kW X-Band Navigation Radar with ARPA/W(ECDIS) capability; Electro optical low-weight, multi-purpose, thermal imaging sensor; Optical Gyro compass with INS capability, Simrad SP92 Mk II hull-mounted low frequency Sonar^[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]	40 mm Oto Melara Twin compact gun , 2 × 12.7 mm Aselsan STAMP , Roketsan ASW rocket launcher , 2x4 Depth charges^[source]