Archer-class patrol vessel vs Mangust-class patrol boat

Archer-class patrol vessel — licensed reference photograph

APatrol & mine warfare vessels

Archer-class patrol vessel

Patrol boat & training vessel

Credit

LA(Phot) JJ Massey · OGL v1.0 · Resized · OGL v1.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

Mangust-class patrol boat

Fast patrol craft

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Archer-class patrol vesselLength

19.9 m

Length source ↗

Mangust-class patrol boatLength

19.45 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Archer-class patrol vessellarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+2%
Beam+32%
Displacement+99%
Range+34%

Mangust-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 4

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 22 rows sourced on both sides

19.9m

19.45m

Length+2%

All recorded figures & sources

19.9 m

Length

Single source

20.8 m

Archer class · Length

Single source

19.9 m (65 ft 3 in)^[source]

20.8 metres^[source]Archer class

19.45 m

Length

Single source

19.45 m (63 ft 10 in)^[source]

5.8m

4.4m

Beam+32%

All recorded figures & sources

5.8 m

Beam

Single source

5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)^[source]

4.4 m

Beam

Single source

4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)^[source]

1.9m

890mmDraft

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

1.9 m

Draught

Single source

1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)^[source]

0.89 m

Draft

Single source

0.89 m (2 ft 11 in)^[source]

54t

27t

Displacement+99%

All recorded figures & sources

54 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

54 tonnes

Archer class · Displacement

Single source

54 t (53 long tons )^[source]

54 tonnes^[source]Archer class

27.2 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

27.2 t (26.8 long tons; 30.0 short tons)^[source]

20(training) 12 (operational)

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

20 people

(training) 12 (operational)

Single source

20 (training) 12 (operational)^[source]

6 people

Complement

Single source

6^[source]

78km/h

93km/hMaximum; Max

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

46.3 km/h

Maximum; Archer class · Speed

Single source

78 km/h

Maximum; Hull design, but limited due to engine fitted

Single source

37 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

20 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

93 km/h

Maximum; Max

Single source

Max: 50 knots (93 km/h; 58 mph)^[source]

1,020km

760km

Range+34%

All recorded figures & sources

1,020 km

Range

Single source

1,018.6 km

Archer class · Range

Single source

550 nmi (1,020 km; 630 mi)^[source]

550 nautical miles^[source]Archer class

760 km

Range

Single source

410 nmi (760 km; 470 mi)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Archer-class patrol vessel and Mangust-class patrol boat configuration
Specification	Archer-class patrol vessel	Mangust-class patrol boat
Power	—	2 × M470M Zvezda ZE or MTU 10V 2000 M93 or M470MK Zvezda 1 x diesel generator^[source]
Name	Archer class^[source]	Mangust class^[source]
Builders	Watercraft Marine Vosper Thornycroft Ailsa Shipbuilding Company^[source]	Vympel Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Royal Navy Royal Oman Police^[source]	Russian Coast Guard^[source]
Succeeded by	Scimitar class ; Cutlass class^[source]	—
In commission	1985–present^[source]	2001^[source]
Active	17 (16 Royal Navy, 1 Royal Oman Police)^[source]	61?^[source]
Type	Patrol boat & training vessel^[source]	Fast patrol craft^[source]
Propulsion	2 shafts, Cat C18 ACERT diesels^[source]	—
Sensors & processing systems	Decca 1216 navigation radar^[source]	Integrated navigation system Navigation radar Communication systems^[source]
Armament	1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon on fo'c'sle (" for but not with ") 3 × General purpose machine guns ( Tracker , Raider , Dasher & Pursuer )^[source]	1 × 12.7 mm Uprava- Kord machine gun 2 × Igla surface-to-air missile systems 2 × 30 mm grenade launchers 1 × DP-64 hand anti-diver grenade launcher Small arms^[source]
Country of origin	United Kingdom^[source]	—
Completed	—	62^[source]
Endurance	—	2 days^[source]
National origin	—	Russia^[source]

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Archer-class patrol vessel

Mangust-class patrol boat

Power

—

2 × M470M Zvezda ZE or MTU 10V 2000 M93 or M470MK Zvezda 1 x diesel generator^[source]

Name

Archer class^[source]

Mangust class^[source]

Builders

Watercraft Marine Vosper Thornycroft Ailsa Shipbuilding Company^[source]

Vympel Shipyard^[source]

Operators

Royal Navy Royal Oman Police^[source]

Russian Coast Guard^[source]

Succeeded by

Scimitar class ; Cutlass class^[source]

—

In commission

1985–present^[source]

2001^[source]

Active

17 (16 Royal Navy, 1 Royal Oman Police)^[source]

61?^[source]

Type

Patrol boat & training vessel^[source]

Fast patrol craft^[source]

Propulsion

2 shafts, Cat C18 ACERT diesels^[source]

—

Sensors & processing systems

Decca 1216 navigation radar^[source]

Integrated navigation system Navigation radar Communication systems^[source]

Armament

1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon on fo'c'sle (" for but not with ") 3 × General purpose machine guns ( Tracker , Raider , Dasher & Pursuer )^[source]

1 × 12.7 mm Uprava- Kord machine gun 2 × Igla surface-to-air missile systems 2 × 30 mm grenade launchers 1 × DP-64 hand anti-diver grenade launcher Small arms^[source]

Country of origin

United Kingdom^[source]

—

Completed

—

62^[source]

Endurance

—

2 days^[source]

National origin

—

Russia^[source]