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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 2
Meteoro-class patrol vessellarger figure on 2 of 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Meteoro-class patrol vessel |
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| Name | Bay class[source] | — |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Navantia[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Spanish Navy[source] |
| In service | 1999–present[source] | — |
| Completed |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
93.9 m (308 ft 1 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Active |
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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] | 2 diesel engines 4 groups diesel generators 2 electric motors propellers 1 emergency generator Located 2 cross 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 OTO Melara 76 mm 2 × 25 mm automatic mountings Mk 38 MOD 2A 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns M2 Browning 4 × Mark 36 SRBOC[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 | Spain[source] |
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| Cost | — | € 183 million (2020) (equivalent to € 204.49 million in 2022) per unit[source] |
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| Planned | — | 12[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × Agusta-Bell 212 helicopter[source] |
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