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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
overall
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Island-class patrol vessel |
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| Displacement | 134 tons[source] | 1,000 tons (standard) 1,280 tons (full load)[source] |
| Power | — | 1 shaft, 2 Ruston-Paxman diesel, 4,380 hp (3,270 kW) variable-pitch propeller[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | — |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Hall, Russell & Company[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency |
Island-class patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
195 ft (59 m) (overall)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Bangladesh Navy Royal Navy (retired) Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (retired) Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (retired) Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (retired)[source] |
| In service | 1999–present[source] | — |
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| Completed | 7 (excluding FPV JURA and FPV WESTRA)[source] |
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| Active | 5 (Bangladesh Navy)[source] |
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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] | — |
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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] | Surface Search and navigation:Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 radar Simrad RU sidescan sonar[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 Mark III gun, replaced by 1 × 30mm gun in some ships[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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| Succeeded by | — | Castle class[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1976–Present[source] |
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| Preserved | — |
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