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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 2
Guardian-class patrol boatlarger figure on 2 of 2
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Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Guardian-class patrol boat |
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| Displacement | 134 tons[source] | — |
| Name | Bay class[source] | Guardian class[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Austal[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Papua New Guinea ( Military ) Tuvalu ( Police ) Tonga ( Military ) Samoa ( Police ) Solomon Islands ( Police ) Fiji ( Navy ) Palau ( Police ) Kiribati ( Police ) Vanuatu ( Police ) Republic of Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia ( Police ) Cook Islands ( Police ) Timor Leste ( Military ) Maldives ( MNDF Coast Guard ) |
39.5 m (129 ft 7 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| In service | 1999–present[source] | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | 14 (30 June 2022)[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster[source] | 2 × Caterpillar 3516C diesels, 2 shafts[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] | Australia shipped the vessels complete, except for weapons. 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns (Solomon Islands)[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 | Australia[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Pacific class[source] |
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| Cost | — | 30 million Samoan tālā ( which was A$ 15.88 million on 2021-08-05 )[source] |
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| Built | — | 2018–present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 24[source] |
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| Lost | — |
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