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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 4
City-class mine countermeasures vessellarger 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 | City-class mine countermeasures vessel |
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| Name | Bay class[source] | City class (Belgium) Vlissingen class (Netherlands)[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Designer: Naval Group Builders: Piriou Concarneau (France) Kership Lorient (France) Shipyard ATG Giurgiu (Romania)[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Belgian Navy Royal Netherlands Navy[source] |
| In service | 1999–present[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
82.6 m (271 ft 0 in)[source]
at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Single source1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)[source]
Installed power
Single source32 MW (43,000 hp)[source]
CODLAD : 1 × ABC 12VDZC diesel generator 2 × ABC 6DZC diesel generators 2 × MEP electric motors (1,800 kW each) Propellers : 2 × Wärtsila axles with fixed pitch screws 2 × Wärtsila transverse bow thrusters 1 × Wärtsila transverse stern thruster[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Active |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Mine countermeasures vessel[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] | Systems Combat system: Naval Group Polaris system Drone management system and data analysis: UMISOFT suite Naval Group Multi-Drone Mission System (MDMS) Containerized Command and Control Centre with the Mine Warfare System (MWS) Sonars : Bow sonar: iXblue FLS 60 Towed sonar:ECA T18-M Autonomous drone with sonar for mine detection: ECA A18-M AUV (equipped with Exail UMISAS 120 sonar) Radars : Naval surveillance radar: Terma Scanter 6000 Target tracking radar: Thales NS50 AESA Electro-optical sensors : 2 × Sea Eagle FCEO stabilised cameras (HD and infrared) with laser rangefinder , (by Chess Dynamics) Communications : Saab TactiCall ICS communication suite Navigation : iXblue inertial navigation system Underwater drones : ECA Seascan MK2 (identifying mine) ECA K-STER C (disabling mines)' Patria Sonac ACS - Acoustic Minesweeping Systems drone Electronics for the drones by ST Engineering iDirect Belgium, a subcontractor of Exail[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | Guns : 1 × BAE Bofors 40 Mk4 2 × FN Herstal Sea deFNder (with FN M3R machine guns ) 4 × FN MAG ( general-purpose machine guns on board) Non-lethal weapons : 2 × water cannon 2 × Long-range acoustic device (LRAD)[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 | France Belgium[source]Country/countries explicitly given in the equipment row Origin column; not the country operating the row. City class |
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| Preceded by | — | Tripartite class Alkmaar class[source] |
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| Cost | — | €166.67 million per unit[source] |
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| Built | — | Since November 2021[source] |
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| In commission | — | Since November 2025[source] |
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| Planned | — | 12[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 × UMS Skeldar V-200 unmanned aerial vehicles[source] |
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| Notes | — | Surface boats : 2 × 7 m SOLAS Viking RHIB 1 × ECA Inspector 125 unmanned vessel which deploys the drones equipped with an Exail FLS-5 sonar ) Others : Exail influence dragger with five integrated CTM magnetic modules 1 × overhead crane 1 × stern crane[source] |
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