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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 1
Patrol Craft Fastlarger figure on 0 of 1
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]
Mk I
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Patrol Craft Fast |
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| Displacement | 134 tons[source] | — |
| Name | Bay class[source] | PCF (Patrol Craft Fast)[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Sewart Seacraft (now Swiftships)[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | See Operators[source] |
Mk II
Single sourceOsprey-Class
Single source50 ft (15 m) (Mk I) 51 ft (16 m) (Mk II) 94.5 ft (28.8 m) ( Osprey-Class )[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] | 1967-Present[source] |
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| Completed | 193[source] |
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| Active | 5+[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Riverine patrol boat[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster[source] | 2x General Motors 12V71"N" Detroit marine diesels[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] | 2x 0.50 caliber machine gun (top) (US-based) 1x 81mm mortar (US-based) 1x Mk 19 (US-based) 1x NSV (Vietnamese-based) 1x DShK (Vietnamese-based) 1x AGS-17 (Vietnamese-based)[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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| Preceded by | — | PTF boat[source] |
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| Preserved | — | 4 non-operational 2 operational[source] |
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| Armor | — | Quarter inch thick aluminum hull[source] |
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| Former operator · Khmer Republic | — | Khmer Republic[source] |
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| Former operator · Malta | — | Malta[source] |
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| Former operator · Panama | — | Panama[source] |
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| Former operator · Philippines | — | Philippines[source] |
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| Former operator · South Vietnam | — | South Vietnam[source] |
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| Former operator · United States | — | United States[source] |
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| Former operator · Thailand | — | Thailand[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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