Bay-class patrol boat vs Super Dvora Mk III-class patrol boat

Bay-class patrol boat — licensed reference photograph

APatrol & mine warfare vessels

Bay-class patrol boat

Patrol boat

Credit

Ken Hodge · CC BY 2.0 · Resized · CC BY 2.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Super Dvora Mk III — licensed equipment photograph

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

Super Dvora Mk III-class patrol boat

Fast patrol boat

Credit

Einam · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Bay-class patrol boatLength

38.2 m

Length source ↗

Super Dvora Mk III-class patrol boatMulti-Role

29 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 2

Draught+118%

Super Dvora Mk III-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 2

Speed+138%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

14 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

38.2m

29mMulti-Role

Length

All recorded figures & sources

38.2 m

Length

Single source

38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)^[source]

27.4 m

Mk III

Single source

20 m

Mk IIIi

Single source

29 m

Multi-Role

Single source

Mk III: 27.4 metres (90 ft) Multi-Role: 29 metres (95 ft) Mk IIIi: 20 metres (66 ft)^[source]

7.2m

6.3mMulti-Role

Beam

All recorded figures & sources

7.2 m

Beam

Single source

7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)^[source]

5.67 m

Mk III/IIIi

Single source

6.3 m

Multi-Role

Single source

Mk III/IIIi: 5.67 metres (18.6 ft) Multi-Role: 6.3 metres (21 ft)^[source]

2.4m

1.1m

Draught+118%

All recorded figures & sources

2.4 m

Draught

Single source

2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)^[source]

1.1 m

Draught

Single source

1.1 metres (3.6 ft)^[source]

—

9–12people

Crew

All recorded figures & sources

9–12 people

Crew

Single source

9-12^[source]

12crew

—

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

12 people

crew

Single source

12 crew^[source]

37km/hMaximum; Speed

83–93km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed

All recorded figures & sources

37 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)^[source]

83–93 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

45 knots (83 km/h)-50 knots (93 km/h)^[source]

1,900kmat 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)

2,780kmMulti-Role at 10 knots (19 km/h)

RangeScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

1,900 km

at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)

Single source

1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)^[source]

1,300 km

Mk III at 14 knots (26 km/h)

Single source

560 km

Mk IIIi at 30 knots (56 km/h)

Single source

2,780 km

Multi-Role at 10 knots (19 km/h)

Single source

Multi-Role: 1,500 nautical miles (2,780 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) Mk III: 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) Mk IIIi: 300 nautical miles (560 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Bay-class patrol boat and Super Dvora Mk III-class patrol boat configuration
Specification	Bay-class patrol boat	Super Dvora Mk III-class patrol boat
Displacement	134 tons^[source]	Mk III: 72 tons Multi-Role: 85 tons Mk IIIi: 50 tons^[source]
Power	—	2x Detroit Diesel MTU 12V-4000 M90 (4,175 hp (3,113 kW) total) and 2x Arneson Surface Drive-16 articulating propulsion systems^[source]
Name	Bay class^[source]	Super Dvora Mark III class^[source]
Builders	Austal^[source]	IAI-Ramta^[source]
Operators	Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency^[source]	See Operators^[source]
In service	1999–present^[source]	—
Completed	8^[source]	19^[source]
Active	2^[source]	19^[source]
Retired	6^[source]	—
Type	Patrol boat^[source]	Fast 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]	—
Armament	1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun^[source]	4 × AGM-114 Hellfire (Surface-to-surface type) missiles, SPIKE NLOS missiles 1 × Typhoon 20-30 mm stabilized cannon 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns Automatic grenade launchers^[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	Israel^[source]Country/countries explicitly given in the equipment row Origin column; not the country operating the row. Super Dvora Mk III
Preceded by	—	Super Dvora Mk II class^[source]
Subclasses	—	Super Dvora Multi-Role, Super Dvora Mk IIIi^[source]
In commission	—	2004^[source]
Planned	—	19^[source]
Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Angola Reported operator · Israel Reported operator · Myanmar Reported operator · Sri Lanka

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Bay-class patrol boat

Super Dvora Mk III-class patrol boat

Displacement

134 tons^[source]

Mk III: 72 tons Multi-Role: 85 tons Mk IIIi: 50 tons^[source]

Power

—

2x Detroit Diesel MTU 12V-4000 M90 (4,175 hp (3,113 kW) total) and 2x Arneson Surface Drive-16 articulating propulsion systems^[source]

Name

Bay class^[source]

Super Dvora Mark III class^[source]

Builders

Austal^[source]

IAI-Ramta^[source]

Operators

Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency^[source]

See Operators^[source]

In service

1999–present^[source]

—

Completed

8^[source]

19^[source]

Active

2^[source]

19^[source]

Retired

6^[source]

—

Type

Patrol boat^[source]

Fast 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]

—

Armament

1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun^[source]

4 × AGM-114 Hellfire (Surface-to-surface type) missiles, SPIKE NLOS missiles 1 × Typhoon 20-30 mm stabilized cannon 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns Automatic grenade launchers^[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

Israel^[source]Country/countries explicitly given in the equipment row Origin column; not the country operating the row. Super Dvora Mk III

Preceded by

—

Super Dvora Mk II class^[source]

Subclasses

—

Super Dvora Multi-Role, Super Dvora Mk IIIi^[source]

In commission

—

2004^[source]

Planned

—

19^[source]

Reported operators

—

Reported operator · Angola
Reported operator · Israel
Reported operator · Myanmar
Reported operator · Sri Lanka