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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 4
Russian patrol ship Ruslanlarger figure on 3 of 4
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Configuration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Russian patrol ship Ruslan |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Bay class[source] | Ruslan ( Руслан )[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | — |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | — |
| In service | 1999–present[source] | 1975–present[source] |
| Completed | 26 September 1975[source] | |
| Active | — | |
| Retired | — | |
| Type | Patrol boat[source] | — |
| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster[source] | — |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × Wiltrading Pursuit 640 vessels (USLC-2C Survey)[source] | — |
| Sensors & processing systems | Radar: Surface search: Racal Decca; E/F and I bands Sonar: Wesmar SS 390E dipping sonar[source] | MR-302 Rubka ("Strut Curve") surface and air-search radar MR-105 Turel ("Hawk Screech") fire-control radar[source] |
| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 1 × twin 76 mm AK-726 2 × 30 mm AK-630[source] |
| 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 | — |
| Namesake | — | Ruslan from Ruslan and Ludmila[source] |
| Operator | — | Northern Fleet[source] |
| Builder | — | Admiralty Shipyard ( Leningrad , USSR )[source] |
| Yard number | — | 02652[source] |
| Laid down | — | 26 December 1973[source] |
| Launched | — | 28 May 1974[source] |
| Status | — | In service[source] |
| Class & type | — | Ivan Susanin -class patrol ship[source] |
| Endurance | — | 50 days[source] |
| Aviation facilities | — | Helideck for Kamov Ka-25 or Ka-27[source] |
| Notes | — | Armament removed[source] |
| National origin | — | Soviet Union[source] |