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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
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| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Fearless-class patrol vessel |
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| Name | Bay class[source] | Fearless class[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | ST Engineering (Marine) Abu Dhabi Ship Building PJSC[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Republic of Singapore Navy Royal Navy of Oman United Arab Emirates Navy Royal Brunei Navy[source] |
| In service | 1999–present[source] |
Fearless-class patrol vessellarger figure on 3 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
55.0 metres (180 ft 5 in )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Completed | 12[source] |
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| Active | 2 (in Brunei service)[source] |
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| Retired | 11 (Singapore)[source] |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Patrol vessel[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster[source] | 2× MTU 12 V 595 TE 90 diesel engines coupled to ZF gearboxes driving 2× Kamewa waterjets[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] | Search radar : IAI /ELTA EL/M-2228(X) (E/F band) Navigation radar : Kelvin Hughes 1007 ( I band ) Sonar : Thales Underwater Systems TSM 2362 Gudgeon hull-mounted medium frequency active sonar (first 6 ships) Weapon control : Elbit MSIS optronic director[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | Anti-air : Mistral missile Anti-submarine : EuroTorp A244/S Mod 1 torpedoes (first 6 ships) Main gun : Oto Melara 76 mm gun Machine guns : 4× STK 50MG 12.7 mm (1 in) HMG[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 | — | Swift class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Independence class[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Al-Ofouq class (Oman) Falaj-3 class (UAE)[source] |
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| Built | — | 1995–1998[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1996–2020 (Singapore) 2023–present (Brunei)[source] |
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| Lost | — | 1 (Singapore)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | ESM : Elisra NS 9010C intercept, Rafael C-Pearl M Decoys : 2× GEC Marine Shield III 102 mm sextuple fixed chaff launchers[source] |
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