Bay-class patrol boat vs Bedok-class mine countermeasures vessel

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Bay-class patrol boat — licensed reference photograph

APatrol & mine warfare vessels

Bay-class patrol boat

Patrol boat

Credit

Ken Hodge · CC BY 2.0 · Resized · CC BY 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

Bedok-class mine countermeasures vessel

Mine countermeasures vessel

Credit

Huaiwei . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Bay-class patrol boatLength

38.2 m

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Bedok-class mine countermeasures vesselLength

47.5 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 2 of 4

Draught+4%
Speed+32%

Bedok-class mine countermeasures vessel

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 21 rows sourced on both sides

38.2m

47.5m

Length+24%

All recorded figures & sources

38.2 m

Length

Single source

38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)^[source]

47.5 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Bay-class patrol boat and Bedok-class mine countermeasures vessel configuration
Specification	Bay-class patrol boat	Bedok-class mine countermeasures vessel
Name	Bay class^[source]	Bedok^[source]
Builders	Austal^[source]	Kockums , ST Engineering (Marine)^[source]
Operators	Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency^[source]	Republic of Singapore Navy^[source]
In service	1999–present^[source]

Completed	8^[source]	4^[source]

Active	2^[source]	4^[source]

Retired	6^[source]	—

Type	Patrol boat^[source]	Mine countermeasures vessel^[source]

Propulsion	2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster^[source]	—

Boats & landing craft carried	2 × Wiltrading Pursuit 640 vessels (USLC-2C Survey)^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	Radar: Surface search: Racal Decca; E/F and I bands Sonar: Wesmar SS 390E dipping sonar^[source]	Navigation radar : Norcontrol DB2000 ( I band ) Sonar : Thales Underwater Systems TSM-2022 MkIII hull-mounted mine hunting sonar DAPS : SIREHNA DAPS (Dynamic Auto-pilot Positioning System) Thales Underwater Systems towed synthetic aperture sonar^[source]

Armament	1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun^[source]	Main gun : 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun (before 2009 refit) 1 × 25mm M242 Bushmaster Mk 38 Mod 2 with stabilised Typhoon weapon sighting system (after 2009 refit) Machine guns : 4 × STK 50MG 12.7 mm (0.50 in) HMG Mine disposal : ECA K-STER expendable mine disposal system^[source]

Country of origin	Australia^[source]Bay-class patrol boat · origin explicitly stated in the linked current national-inventory row; no inference from operator or shipyard	Swedish^[source]Bedok class · original design nationality