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Archer-class patrol vessellarger figure on 2 of 4
Centaur-class fast assault craft
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Length
Single sourceArcher class · Length
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| Specification | Archer-class patrol vessel | Centaur-class fast assault craft |
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| Name | Archer class[source] | Project 58181 (Centaur class)[source] |
| Builders | Watercraft Marine Vosper Thornycroft Ailsa Shipbuilding Company[source] | Kuznya na Rybalskomu[source] |
| Operators | Royal Navy Royal Oman Police[source] | Ukraine[source] |
| Succeeded by | Scimitar class ; Cutlass class[source] |
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Length
Single source24.3 m (79 ft 9 in)[source]
Maximum; Speed
Single sourceMaximum; Archer class · Speed
Single sourceMaximum; Hull design, but limited due to engine fitted
Single source20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) 42 knots (78 km/h; 48 mph) (Hull design, but limited due to engine fitted)[source]
25 knots[source]Archer class
Maximum; Speed
Single source35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)[source]
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| In commission | 1985–present[source] | since 2019[source] |
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| Active | 17 (16 Royal Navy, 1 Royal Oman Police)[source] |
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| Type | Patrol boat & training vessel[source] | Fast assault craft[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, Cat C18 ACERT diesels[source] | 2 × Hamilton Waterjet[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Decca 1216 navigation radar[source] | Navigation radar Optoelectronic monitoring system Detection sensors of laser emission[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon on fo'c'sle (" for but not with ") 3 × General purpose machine guns ( Tracker , Raider , Dasher & Pursuer )[source] | 2 × 12.7 mm HMG 1 × 40 mm rocket launcher 2 × 80 mm rocket launcher[source] |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom[source] | Ukraine[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Gyurza-M class[source] |
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| Built | — | since 2016[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Lost | — |
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| Armour | — | Vital spaces are protected by bullet-proof steel[source] |
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| Source measurement | — | The project 58181 was developed by State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center on the basis of the Gyurza-M-class gunboats in 2015. However, it was refined during construction. The first contract was signed in 2016. On September 4, 2018, the first launching ceremony for the first boat of the first series was held. The boat was already built on a revised project, which received new project number 58503 and the code «Centaur-LK». On September 20, the second boat of the series was launched. On November 19, 2018, newly built assault boats arrived to Odessa to continue testing. The top speed of 50 knots is achieved by a pair of New Zealand-made Hamilton Jet water jet propulsion engines and can stay at sea for a maximum of five days. The class is armed with two remote weapon stations with 12.7 mm high-caliber machine guns and a 40-mm rocket launcher. The boats also feature two 80-mm rocket-launch systems.[source]Centaur-class fast assault craft · Development and design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |
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