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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 4
Laksamana-class corvettelarger figure on 4 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Laksamana-class corvette |
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| Displacement | 134 tons[source] | 675 tons full load[source] |
| Power | — | 4 MTU 20V 956 TB 92 diesels 4 shafts developing 20,400 bhp (15,200 kW)[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | Laksamana class[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Fincantieri Marghera shipyard[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
62.3 m (204 ft 5 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Royal Malaysian Navy[source] |
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| 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] | Corvette[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] | RAN-12 air/surface search radar RTN-10X fire control radar Kelvin Hughes 1007 navigation radar Diodon hull sonar[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | Guns : 1 × 76 mm Oto Melara 1 × DARDO/40 mm Breda CIWS Anti-air : 4 × Aspide SAM (removed) Anti-ship : 6 × Otomat Mk 2 SSM (removed) Anti-submarine : 2 × triple Eurotorp B515 with A244-S ASW torpedoes (removed)[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 | Italy[source]Country/countries explicitly given in the equipment row Origin column; not the country operating the row. Laksamana |
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| Succeeded by | — | Kasturi class[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Assad class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1982-1988[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1997-present[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Gamma suite SCLAR chaff[source] |
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| Notes | — | The missile might be removed due to being obsolete[source] |
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