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Archer-class patrol vessellarger figure on 0 of 2
Waspada-class fast attack craftlarger figure on 2 of 2
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Length
Single sourceArcher class · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Archer-class patrol vessel | Waspada-class fast attack craft |
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| Name | Archer class[source] | — |
| Builders | Watercraft Marine Vosper Thornycroft Ailsa Shipbuilding Company[source] | Vosper Thornycroft , Singapore[source] |
| Operators | Royal Navy Royal Oman Police[source] | Royal Brunei Navy Indonesian Navy[source] |
| Succeeded by | Scimitar class ; Cutlass class[source] | Darussalam -class offshore patrol vessel Ijtihad -class patrol boat |
Length
Single source121 ft (37 m)[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 source32 knots (59 km/h)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| In commission | 1985–present[source] | 1978–present[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 attack craft[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, Cat C18 ACERT diesels[source] | 2 x MTU 20V 538 TB91 diesels[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Decca 1216 navigation radar[source] | Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 (surface search) Radamec 2500 Electro-Optic Director (modernization) BAe Sea Archer Weapon Control System[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] | 1 x Oerlikon 30 mm GCM-A03-2 twin gun 2 x M2 Browning 2 x Aérospatiale Exocet MM38[source] |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom[source] | — |
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| Preceded by | — | Perwira class Saleha class Bendeharu class[source] |
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| Completed | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Decca RDL ESM[source] |
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