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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Ardhana-class patrol craftlarger figure on 1 of 2
T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 2
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Measured figures
Length
Single source110 ft (34 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Ardhana-class patrol craft | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Builders | VT Group (formerly Vosper Thornycroft), UK[source] | — |
| Operators | United Arab Emirates[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| Built | 1970s[source] | — |
| In commission | 1975-present[source] | — |
| Completed | 6 |
22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
Installed power
Single source2,000 hp (1,500 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | 2 Paxman 12CM diesels[source] | 2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Racal Decca TM 1626 radar[source] | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[source] |
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| Armament | 2 Oerlikon / BMARC 30 mm/75 A32 (twin), 1 Oerlikon/BMARC 20 mm/80 A41A[source] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom[source] United Kingdom[source] | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference |
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| Name | — | T Craft class[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 16 (1 officer)[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | T Craft International[source]T Craft class · three source ships explicitly built by T CraftInternational T Craft International[source]T Craft class South African vessels P1552/P1553/P1554 built by T Craft International; no sibling equipment or later successor company inference |
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