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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 2
Inlay-class offshore patrol vessellarger figure on 2 of 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Inlay-class offshore patrol vessel |
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| Displacement | 134 tons[source] | 1,500 tons[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | — |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Myanmar Naval Dockyard[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Myanmar Navy[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
81 m (265 ft 9 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 |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Offshore patrol vessel[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster[source] | CODAD Propulsion[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] | 1 x Unknown surface search radar 2 x Furuno navigation radar[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 1 x Type-66/76 57 mm twin guns 2 x M2 Browning Heavy 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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| Built | — | 2013[source] |
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| In commission | — | 24 December 2017[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 x Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin helicopter 1 x Schiebel Camcopter S-100[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | 17.5 m (57 ft)-long flight deck and has a single hangar.[source] |
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| Role | — | class of offshore patrol vessel (OPV)[source] |
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| Source measurement | — | The OPV is approximately 81 metres (265 ft 9 in) long with a beam of about 12.5 metres (41 ft 0 in) and is understood to displace at least 1,500 tons. It is powered by two diesel engines driving two propellers. The OPV is capable of operating a helicopter from its approximately 17.5-metre (57 ft)-long flight deck and has a single hangar . A stern ramp is fitted for a rigid-hulled inflatable boat . The armament comprises manually operated 57-millimetre (2.2 in) twin guns in Type 66 or 76 gun mount on the forecastle as well as two manually-operated heavy machine guns atop the hangar deck. Sensors include two Furuno navigation radars .[source]Inlay-class offshore patrol vessel · Design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |
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