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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 3
OPV-64larger figure on 3 of 3
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]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | OPV-64 |
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| Name | Bay class[source] | OPV-64[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Lorient Naval Industries currently STX France SA[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Royal Moroccan Navy[source] |
| In service | 1999–present[source] | 1995–present |
64 m (210 ft 0 in)[source]
Installed power
Single source7.6 MW (10,200 hp)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| 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 Wartsila Nohab 16V25 diesel engines 2 Leroy-Somer electric propulsors[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] | Surface search: Decca Bridgemaster 2000 Navigation: Decca 2090 ARPA Sonar: Commercial fathometer[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 1 × 40 mm Bofors cannon 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA cannons 2 × twin 14.5 mm 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 | — |
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| Built | — | 1994–1997[source] |
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| Endurance | — | maximum 20 days[source] |
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