FORCETALLY
Loading the evidence…
Preparing your view.
Preparing your view.
At a glance
Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 2 of 3
Fassmer FPB 20larger figure on 1 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
o/a
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Fassmer FPB 20 |
|---|---|---|
| Power | — | 2 × 2 x MTU 12V 183 TE 92, 735 kW, 2300 rpm Propeller: Schaffran, z = 3[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | — |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Fassmer[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Lebanese Navy German Police Authority Bremen[source] |
| In service | 1999–present |
20 m (65 ft 7 in) o/a[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| — |
| Completed |
|---|
| Active |
|---|
| Retired | — |
|---|
| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Patrol boat[source] |
|---|
| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster[source] | — |
|---|
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × Wiltrading Pursuit 640 vessels (USLC-2C Survey)[source] | 3 m Daughter Boat with Crane[source] |
|---|
| Sensors & processing systems | Radar: Surface search: Racal Decca; E/F and I bands Sonar: Wesmar SS 390E dipping sonar[source] | — |
|---|
| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns Water cannon / Fire Fighting Equipment[source] |
|---|
| 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 | — |
|---|
| In commission | — | 1992–present[source] |
|---|
| Notes | — | Hull No. 1280[source] |
|---|