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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 3
Lerici-class minehunterlarger figure on 3 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Lerici-class minehunter |
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| Power | — | - (Italian Lerici ): 1 × diesel engine Grandi Motori Trieste GMT BL-230.8M, 1,089 kW (1,460 bhp), driving a single variable pitch propeller - (Italian Lerici ): 3 × active rudders by 3 diesel engines Isotta Fraschini ID-36-SS 6V[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | Lerici class[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Intermarine SpA[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Italian Navy Algerian National Navy Royal Australian Navy Finnish Navy Royal Malaysian Navy Nigerian Navy Republic of China Navy Royal Thai Navy United States Navy |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
49.98 m (164 ft 0 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 | 12 (Italy) 1 (Algeria) 3 (Finland) 4 (Malaysia) 2 (Nigeria) 12 (USA) 6 (Australia) 2 (Thailand)[source] |
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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] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × Wiltrading Pursuit 640 vessels (USLC-2C Survey)[source] | 2 remote-operated mine-clearance vehicles[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] | VDS FIAR SQQ-14 (IT) sonar[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun or 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon[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] |
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| Subclasses | — | Subclasses: Lerici class Second Series Lerici class or Gaeta class Export derivatives: Mahamiru class (Malaysia and Nigeria) Osprey class (United States) Huon class (Australia) Lat Ya class (Thailand) Katanpää class (Finland)[source] |
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| Built | — | 1985–1997 (Italian-operated vessels)[source] |
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| Planned | — | 5 (Taiwan)[source] |
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| Building | — | 2 (Algeria) 1 (Taiwan)[source] |
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| Canceled | — | 6 (Thailand)[source] |
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| Notes | — | All other characteristics as above are taken from:[source] |
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