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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessel
At a glance
Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 2
Warrior-class inshore patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source63 m (206 ft 8 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Ambassador MK III missile boat | Warrior-class inshore patrol vessel |
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| Name | Ambassador MK III[source] | Warrior-class[source] |
| Builders | VT Halter Marine[source] | Damen Shipyards Cape Town, Damen Group[source] |
| Operators | Egyptian Navy[source] | South African Navy[source] |
| Cost | US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)[source] |
62 m (203 ft 5 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
R3.6 billion ($228m USD) for three units (2018)[source] |
| Built | 2008–2013[source] | 2018-present[source] |
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| In commission | 2013–[source] | 2022-present[source] |
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| Planned | 15[source] |
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| Active |
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| Type | Missile boat[source] | Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessel[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] | Reutech Radar Systems RTS 3200: a frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar/optronics tracker (FORT) Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar X-band and S-band radars, W-AIS, Inertial Navigation System, GPS, Optical Bearing Devices and various other navigation sensors.[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 x 20 mm Denel Land Systems GI-2 cannon fitted in a Reutech Rogue Super Remote Weapons Station 2 × General-purpose machine gun[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 | Netherlands[source] South Africa[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Warrior-class strike craft[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 1 x 7 m (23 ft 0 in) RIB 1 x 9 m (29 ft 6 in) RIB[source] |
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| Troops | — | c.14[source] |
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| Notes | — | Ability to accommodate containerised mission modules. Various layouts include one 20-foot and four 10-foot containers. Deck layout includes a knuckle boom crane, single point lifting davit rated at 5.7 tons and a single-point lifting davit rated at 2 tons.[source] |
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