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Attack-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 2 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source107.5 ft (32.8 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Attack-class patrol boat | Bay-class patrol boat |
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| Displacement | 100 tons standard 146 tons full load[source] | 134 tons[source] |
| Name | Attack class[source] | Bay class[source] |
| Builders | Evans Deakin and Company Walkers Limited[source] | Austal[source] |
| Operators | Royal Australian Navy Indonesian Navy Papua New Guinea Maritime Element[source] | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency |
38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Preceded by | Bathurst -class corvette[source] | — |
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| Succeeded by | Fremantle class[source] | — |
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| Cost | A$800,000[source] | — |
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| Completed | 20[source] |
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| Lost | — |
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| Retired |
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| Preserved | — |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 × 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines 2 shafts[source] | 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 40 mm Bofors gun 2 × .50 calibre machine guns[source] | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] |
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| Notes | Taken from:[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Australia[source] | Australia[source]Bay-class patrol boat · origin explicitly stated in the linked current national-inventory row; no inference from operator or shipyard |
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| In service | — | 1999–present[source] |
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| Active | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 × Wiltrading Pursuit 640 vessels (USLC-2C Survey)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Radar: Surface search: Racal Decca; E/F and I bands Sonar: Wesmar SS 390E dipping sonar[source] |
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