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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Oksøy-class mine hunter |
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| Power | — | 2 × 2.7 MW (3,621 hp) MTU 12V 396 TE84 diesel engines 2 × Kvaerner water jets[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | Oksøy class[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Kvaerner Mandal , Mandal, Norway[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Royal Norwegian Navy[source] |
Oksøy-class mine hunterlarger figure on 3 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
55.2 metres[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] | Minesweeper[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] | Oropesa mechanical sweep Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) Agate (Air Gun and Transducer Equipment) acoustic minesweeping system Elma magnetic sweepers[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 1 × Sadral surface-to-air missile system 1 or 2 × Rheinmetall 20 mm AA guns 2 × 12.7 mm 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 | Norway[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1995–present[source] |
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