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ARA Zurubílarger figure on 0 of 3
Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 3 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | ARA Zurubí | Bay-class patrol boat |
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| Displacement | 33 tons[source] | 134 tons[source] |
| Name | Zurubí[source] | Bay class[source] |
| Namesake | Surubí , a fish from Argentina’s Mesopotamia rivers.[source] | — |
| Builder | Río Santiago Shipyard , Argentina[source] | — |
| Laid down | 1938[source] |
38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Single source1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Commissioned | 1939[source] | — |
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| Recommissioned | 1993[source] | — |
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| Decommissioned | 1985[source] | — |
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| Home port | Ushuaia[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | — |
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| Notes | Initially in service with the Argentine Naval Prefecture[source] | — |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2-shaft, 2 × Deutz MWM diesel engines[source] | 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster[source] |
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| Armament | none[source] | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] |
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| Alternative designation | Zurubí[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Austal[source] |
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| Operators | — | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] |
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| In service | — | 1999–present[source] |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 × Wiltrading Pursuit 640 vessels (USLC-2C Survey)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Radar: Surface search: Racal Decca; E/F and I bands Sonar: Wesmar SS 390E dipping sonar[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Australia[source]Bay-class patrol boat · origin explicitly stated in the linked current national-inventory row; no inference from operator or shipyard |
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