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Aratu-class minesweeperlarger figure on 2 of 3
Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
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Length
Single source47.44 m (156 ft)[source]
Length
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| Specification | Aratu-class minesweeper | Bay-class patrol boat |
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| Name | Aratu -class minesweeper[source] | Bay class[source] |
| Operators | Brazilian Navy[source] | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] |
| Type | Minesweeper[source] | Patrol boat[source] |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts[source] | 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster |
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38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
4 Maybach diesel engines producing
Single source4 Maybach diesel engines producing 4,500 BHP[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Armament | 1 x 40mm 70-caliber Bofors anti-aircraft gun[source] | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source] | 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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| Manufacturer | Abeking & Rasmussen[source]Aratu class · original construction in the 1970s | — |
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| Builders | — | Austal[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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