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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
F2000 corvette / multi-role light frigate (MRLF)
At a glance
Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 3
Bung Tomo-class corvettelarger figure on 3 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
LOA
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Bung Tomo-class corvette |
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| Power | — | 4× MAN B&W / Ruston diesel engine (total of 30.2 MW (40,499 shp )) 2× shafts[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | — |
| Builders | Austal[source] | BAE Systems Marine[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Royal Brunei Navy Indonesian Navy[source] |
| In service | 1999–present |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
LWL
Single source89.9 m (295 ft ) LWL , 95 m (312 ft) LOA[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] | F2000 corvette / multi-role light frigate (MRLF)[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster[source] | — |
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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] | Ultra Electronics / Radamec Series 2500 electro-optic weapons director Thales Underwater Systems TMS 4130C1 hull-mounted sonar BAE Systems Insyte AWS-9 E- and F-band air and surface 3D radar BAE Insyte 1802SW I/J-band radar trackers Kelvin Hughes Type 1007 navigation radar Thales Nederland Scout radar for surface search Thales Sensors Cutlass 242 countermeasures[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 1× OTO Melara 76 mm 2× DS 30B REMSIG 30 mm gun 16× VLS for Seawolf SAM (retired and planned to be replaced with VL MICA or Sea Ceptor ) 2× 4 Exocet MM40 Block II/III missile launchers 2× triple BAE Systems 324-millimetre (13 in) torpedo tubes , loaded with Italian A244S mod 3[source] |
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| 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 | United Kingdom[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Diponegoro class (Indonesia)[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Bung Karno class (Indonesia) Raja Haji Fisabilillah class (Indonesia)[source] |
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| Built | — | 1998–2002[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2014–present[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1x Eurocopter AS565 Panther[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Flightdeck, no hangar[source] |
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