Bay-class patrol boat vs T Craft-class patrol vessel

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

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

T Craft-class patrol vessel

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Bay-class patrol boatLength

38.2 m

Length source ↗

T Craft-class patrol vesselLength

22 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+74%
Beam+3%
Draught+167%

T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+59%

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 25 rows sourced on both sides

38.2m

22m

Length+74%

All recorded figures & sources

38.2 m

Length

Single source

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

22 m

Length

Single source

22 m (72.2 ft)^[source]

7.2m

Beam+3%

All recorded figures & sources

7.2 m

Beam

Single source

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

7 m

Beam

Single source

7 m (23.0 ft)^[source]

2.4m

900mm

Draught+167%

All recorded figures & sources

2.4 m

Draught

Single source

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

0.9 m

Draught

Single source

0.9 m (3.0 ft)^[source]

134 tons

37t

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

134 tons^[source]

37 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

36 long tons (37 t)^[source]

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16Complement including one officer

Crew

All recorded figures & sources

16 people

Complement including one officer

Single source

16 personnel^[source]Complement including one officer

12crew

—

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

12 people

crew

Single source

12 crew^[source]

37km/hMaximum; Speed

59km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+59%

All recorded figures & sources

37 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

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

59 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)^[source]

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

980kmat 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)

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]

980 km

at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)

Single source

530 nmi (980 km; 610 mi) at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)^[source]

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1,500kWInstalled power

Power

All recorded figures & sources

1,500 kW

Installed power

Single source

2,000 hp (1,500 kW)^[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 T Craft-class patrol vessel configuration
Specification	Bay-class patrol boat	T Craft-class patrol vessel
Name	Bay class^[source]	T Craft class^[source]
Builders	Austal^[source]	—
Operators	Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency^[source]	South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)^[source]
In service	1999–present^[source]	—
Completed	8^[source]	6^[source]
Active	2^[source]	6^[source]
Retired	6^[source]	—
Type	Patrol boat^[source]	—
Propulsion	2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster^[source]	2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets^[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]	Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band^[source]
Armament	1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun^[source]	1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun^[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	South Africa^[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference
Class & type	—	Patrol boat^[source]
Capacity	—	16 (1 officer)^[source]
Manufacturer	—	T Craft International^[source]T Craft class · three source ships explicitly built by T CraftInternational T Craft International^[source]T Craft class South African vessels P1552/P1553/P1554 built by T Craft International; no sibling equipment or later successor company inference

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Bay-class patrol boat

T Craft-class patrol vessel

Name

Bay class^[source]

T Craft class^[source]

Builders

Austal^[source]

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Operators

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

South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)^[source]

In service

1999–present^[source]

—

Completed

Active

Retired

—

Type

Patrol boat^[source]

—

Propulsion

2 × MTU 16V 2000 M70 diesel engines 1 VosperThornycroft bow thruster^[source]

2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets^[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]

Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band^[source]

Armament

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

1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun^[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

South Africa^[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference

Class & type

—

Patrol boat^[source]

Capacity

—

16 (1 officer)^[source]

Manufacturer

—

T Craft International^[source]T Craft class · three source ships explicitly built by T CraftInternational

T Craft International^[source]T Craft class South African vessels P1552/P1553/P1554 built by T Craft International; no sibling equipment or later successor company inference