Archer-class patrol vessel vs Shantou-class gunboat

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

Shantou-class gunboat

Gunboat

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Archer-class patrol vesselLength

19.9 m

Length source ↗

Shantou-class gunboatLength

25.21 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Archer-class patrol vessellarger figure on 0 of 4

None

Shantou-class gunboatlarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+27%
Beam+4%
Displacement+43%
Speed+12%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 22 rows sourced on both sides

19.9m

25.21m

Length+27%

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

25.21 m

Length

Single source

25.21 m (82 ft 9 in)^[source]

5.8m

6.06m

Beam+4%

All recorded figures & sources

5.8 m

Beam

Single source

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

6.06 m

Beam

Single source

6.06 m (19 ft 11 in)^[source]

1.9m

1.8mDraft

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

1.9 m

Draught

Single source

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

1.8 m

Draft

Single source

1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)^[source]

54t

77t

Displacement+43%

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

77.4 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

77.4 tonnes (76.2 long tons ; 85.3 short tons )^[source]

20(training) 12 (operational)

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

20 people

(training) 12 (operational)

Single source

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

17 people

Complement

Single source

17^[source]

37km/hMaximum; Speed

42km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+12%

All recorded figures & sources

37 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

46.3 km/h

Maximum; Archer class · Speed

Single source

78 km/h

Maximum; Hull design, but limited due to engine fitted

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

41.5 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

22.4 knots (41.5 km/h; 25.8 mph)^[source]

1,020km

1,240kmat 11.4 knots (21.1 km/h; 13.1 mph)

Range

All recorded figures & sources

1,018.6 km

Archer class · Range

Single source

1,020 km

Range

Single source

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

550 nautical miles^[source]Archer class

1,240 km

at 11.4 knots (21.1 km/h; 13.1 mph)

Single source

770 mi (1,240 km) at 11.4 knots (21.1 km/h; 13.1 mph)^[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 Shantou-class gunboat configuration
Specification	Archer-class patrol vessel	Shantou-class gunboat
Power	—	2 × 3D12 diesel engines , 300 hp (224 kW) 2 × M50 diesel engines, 1,200 hp (895 kW) 4 × FANG shafts^[source]
Name	Archer class^[source]	—
Builders	Watercraft Marine Vosper Thornycroft Ailsa Shipbuilding Company^[source]	—
Operators	Royal Navy Royal Oman Police^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]
Succeeded by	Scimitar class ; Cutlass class^[source]	Type 062 gunboat^[source]
In commission	1985–present^[source]	—
Active	17 (16 Royal Navy, 1 Royal Oman Police)^[source]	—
Type	Patrol boat & training vessel^[source]	Gunboat^[source]
Propulsion	2 shafts, Cat C18 ACERT diesels^[source]	—
Sensors & processing systems	Decca 1216 navigation radar^[source]	1 × navigational or surface search 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]	4 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns (2×2) 2 × 14.5 mm (0.57 in) heavy machine guns 2 × depth charge rails^[source]
Country of origin	United Kingdom^[source]	—
Built	—	1955-1960s^[source]
In service	—	1955-1990s in military service^[source]
National origin	—	China^[source]

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Archer-class patrol vessel

Shantou-class gunboat

Power

—

2 × 3D12 diesel engines , 300 hp (224 kW) 2 × M50 diesel engines, 1,200 hp (895 kW) 4 × FANG shafts^[source]

Name

Archer class^[source]

—

Builders

Watercraft Marine Vosper Thornycroft Ailsa Shipbuilding Company^[source]

—

Operators

Royal Navy Royal Oman Police^[source]

People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]

Succeeded by

Scimitar class ; Cutlass class^[source]

Type 062 gunboat^[source]

In commission

1985–present^[source]

—

Active

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

—

Type

Patrol boat & training vessel^[source]

Gunboat^[source]

Propulsion

2 shafts, Cat C18 ACERT diesels^[source]

—

Sensors & processing systems

Decca 1216 navigation radar^[source]

1 × navigational or surface search 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]

4 × 37 mm (1.5 in) guns (2×2) 2 × 14.5 mm (0.57 in) heavy machine guns 2 × depth charge rails^[source]

Country of origin

United Kingdom^[source]

—

Built

—

1955-1960s^[source]

In service

—

1955-1990s in military service^[source]

National origin

—

China^[source]