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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 2
LÉ Aislinglarger figure on 2 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
overall
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | LÉ Aisling |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Bay class[source] | LÉ Aisling[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | — |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | — |
| In service | 1999–present[source] | — |
| Completed | — | |
| Active |
65.2 m (214 ft) overall[source]
at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Single source1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Patrol boat[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] | — |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 1 × Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70 2 × Rheinmetall Rh202 20 mm (0.79 in) Cannons ?x 7.62 mm (0.300 in) GPMG[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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| Namesake | — | Aisling , a vision poem[source] |
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| Builder | — | Verolme Dockyard , Cork[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 31 January 1979[source] |
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| Launched | — | 3 October 1979[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 21 May 1980[source] |
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| Decommissioned | — | 22 June 2016[source] |
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| Home port | — | Haulbowline Naval Base[source] |
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| Identification | — | IMO number : 7820693 Pennant number : P23[source] |
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| Fate | — | Decommissioned[source] |
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| Status | — | in active service[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Emer -class offshore patrol vessel[source] |
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| National origin | — | Netherlands[source] |
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