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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
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Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Kormoran 2-class minehunter |
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| Displacement | 134 tons[source] | 850 tons[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | — |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Remontowa Shipbuilding SA[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Marynarka Wojenna[source] |
Kormoran 2-class minehunterlarger figure on 2 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
58.5 m (191 ft 11 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] | Minehunter[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster[source] | 2 × MTU diesels 2 × Voith-Schneider (cycloidal) propulsion systems[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] | Temporarily:*1 × ZU-23-2MR (two 23 mm guns and two Grom missiles) - first unit, to be replaced with the OSU-35K system at the next major renovation, 3 × WKM-Bm machine guns Final:*1 × OSU-35K 35 mm weapon station, Grom MANPADS, 3 × WKM-Bm 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 | Polen[source]Design origin explicitly attributed in article text |
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| Preceded by | — | Project 206FM[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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