Archer-class patrol vessel vs MK13-class missile boat

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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

MK13-class missile boat

Fast patrol boat

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Archer-class patrol vesselLength

19.9 m

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MK13-class missile boatLength

13.5 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Archer-class patrol vessellarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+47%
Beam+57%

MK13-class missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3

Speed+197%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

9 of 20 rows sourced on both sides

19.9m

13.5m

Length+47%

All recorded figures & sources

19.9 m

Length

Single source

20.8 m

Archer class · Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Archer-class patrol vessel and MK13-class missile boat configuration
Specification	Archer-class patrol vessel	MK13-class missile boat
Power	—	Diesel^[source] 2 × Isotta 1312T2 MSD engines, 2,360 horsepower (1.76 MW) 2 × Trimax 3200 surface drives^[source]
Name	Archer class^[source]	—
Builders	Watercraft Marine Vosper Thornycroft Ailsa Shipbuilding Company^[source]	—
Operators	Royal Navy Royal Oman Police^[source]	Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps^[source]

Succeeded by	Scimitar class ; Cutlass class^[source]	—

In commission	1985–present^[source]	—

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

Type	Patrol boat & training vessel^[source]	Fast patrol boat^[source]

Propulsion	2 shafts, Cat C18 ACERT diesels^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Decca 1216 navigation radar^[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]	2 × 324mm torpedo tubes 2 × missile launchers^[source]