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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 4
Car Nicobar-class fast attack craftlarger figure on 3 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Car Nicobar-class fast attack craft |
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| Power | — | 3 × MTU 16V 4000 M90 diesel engines, 11,238 PS (8,266 kW) 3 × Hamilton HM811 waterjets[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | Car Nicobar class[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Indian Navy Maldivian Coast Guard[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
48.9 m (160 ft 5 in)[source]
including 6 officers
Single source29 including 6 officers[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| In service | 1999–present[source] | — |
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| Completed | 14[source] |
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| Active | 13 Indian Navy 1 Maldivian Coast Guard[source] |
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| Retired |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Fast attack craft[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] | Navigation radar LINK II tactical datalink and satellite communication (SATCOM) to Rukmani Surface search radar[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 1 × CRN-91 30mm autocannon Igla SA-18 SAM 2 × 12.7 mm HMGs[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 | India[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Bangaram class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | New Water Jet Fast Attack Craft[source] |
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| Cost | — | ₹ 500 crore (equivalent to ₹ 15 billion or US$160 million in 2023) overall cost ₹ 35 crore (equivalent to ₹ 106 crore or US$11 million in 2023) for each ship[source] |
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| Built | — | 2007–2017[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2009-present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 14[source] |
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