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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
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Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Ramadan-class missile boat |
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| Power | — | 4 × diesel engines , 18,000 bhp (13,423 kW ) 4 shafts[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | Ramadan class[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Vosper Thornycroft , Portchester[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Egyptian Navy[source] |
Ramadan-class missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
52 m (170 ft 7 in) oa[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] | Missile 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] | S820 air and surface search radar Cutlass intercept radar 2 × ST802 fire control radars[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 2 × twin Otomat Mk2 SSM 1 × 76 mm (3 in) OTO Melara DP gun 1 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Breda AA gun[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 | — | 1978–1982[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1981–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Cygnus jammer 2 Protean chaff dispensers[source] |
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| National origin | — | United Kingdom[source] |
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| Alternative designation | — | Ramadan class[source] |
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