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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 3 of 3
Dvora-class fast patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 3
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Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Dvora-class fast patrol boat |
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| Displacement | 134 tons[source] | 45.0 tons full load[source] |
| Power | — | 2 × diesel engines with 4,570 hp (3,410 kW) and two Arneson ASD-16 articulating surface drives.[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | Dvora class[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | IAI-Ramta , Colombo Dockyard Limited CSBC Corporation (Taiwanses variant Hai Ou class)[source] |
21.80 metres (71.5 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Israeli Sea Corps Navy , Sri Lanka Navy , Republic of China Navy[source] |
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| In service | 1999–present[source] | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Fast patrol boat[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] | — |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns[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 | — |
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| Preceded by | — | Dabur class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Super Dvora Mk II class[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Hau Ou class[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1988[source] |
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