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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 3
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Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Cyclone-class patrol ship |
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| Name | Bay class[source] | — |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Bollinger Shipyards[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Royal Bahraini Naval Force Egyptian Navy Philippine Navy United States Navy (former) U.S. Coast Guard (former)[source] |
| In service | 1999–present[source] | — |
| Completed | 8 |
Cyclone-class patrol shiplarger figure on 3 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
179 ft (55 m)[source]
officers, 24 enlisted personnel
Single source4 officers, 24 enlisted personnel[source]
4 × Paxman 16RP200- 1-CM 3,350 shp ( ) diesel engines (13,400 shp (
Single source) combined
Single source4 × Paxman 16RP200- 1-CM 3,350 shp (2,500 kW ) diesel engines (13,400 shp (10,000 kW ) combined)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
14[source] |
| Active | 5 (Royal Bahrain Naval Forces) 3 (Egyptian Navy) 3 (Philippine Navy)[source] |
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| Retired | 1 - available for sale to foreign military 2 - sunk as an artificial reef[source] |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Coastal patrol ship[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster[source] | 4 × shafts, Reintjes reverse reduction gear box[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] | — |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 2 × 25 mm (0.98 in) MK 38 autocannon 2 × .50 in (12.7 mm) caliber machine guns 2 × 40 mm (1.6 in) MK 19 automatic grenade launchers 2 × 7.62 mm (0.30 in) M240B machine guns 6 × FIM-92 Stinger SAMs 2 × MK-60 quadruple BGM-176B Griffin B missile launchers[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 States[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1993–2023 (US Navy, US Coast Guard) 2004–present (Philippine Navy) 2022–present (Royal Bahrain Naval Forces) 2023–present (Egyptian Navy)[source] |
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| Planned | — | 16[source] |
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| Canceled | — |
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| Reported operators | — |
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