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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
Orca-class patrol vessellarger figure on 2 of 3
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Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Orca-class patrol vessel |
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| Power | — | 2 x Caterpillar 3516B diesel engines, 2,500 hp (1,900 kW) each at 1,600 rpm 2 x ZF 7550A gearboxes 2 x 1,400 mm (55 in) fixed pitch propellers[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | Orca class[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Victoria Shipyards , Esquimalt[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Royal Canadian Navy[source] |
33 m (108 ft 3 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] | 17 November 2006 – 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] | Training tender and 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] | 2 x C6 7.62 mm machine guns , and embarked small arms. Foredeck is strengthened to accept a 12.7 mm M2 machine gun (FFBNW) .[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 | Canada[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | YAG 300[source] |
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| Cost | — | CA$ 90.7 million (2004) (equivalent to CA$ 142.2 million in 2025) for 8 vessels CA$ 11.3 million (2004) (equivalent to CA$ 17.7 million in 2025) per unit[source] |
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| Built | — | November 2004 – October 2008[source] |
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| Notes | — | 1 × Zodiac SR2 rescue boat 1 × Allied Systems D2500S deck crane[source] |
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