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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 1 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Tripartite-class minehunter |
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| Power | — | 1 × Brons-Werkspoor A-RUB 215V-12 diesel engine 1,400 kW (1,900 hp ), 1 shaft 2 × 180 kW (240 hp) ACEC active rudders 1 × bow thruster[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | Tripartite class[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | — |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | Initial Belgian Navy French Navy Royal Netherlands Navy Export Bulgarian Navy Indonesian Navy Latvian Naval Forces Pakistan Navy Ukrainian Navy[source] |
Tripartite-class minehunterlarger figure on 3 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
51.6 m (169 ft 3 in)[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 | 40[source] |
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| Active | 22[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Minehunter[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] | 2 × PAP 104[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] | 1 × DUBM 21B sonar 1 × Decca 1229 navigation radar[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 1 × 20 mm modèle F2 gun 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns 2 × 7.62 mm machine guns[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 | France[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | City class Vlissingen class[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Éridan class Alkmaar class Munsif class Pulau Rengat class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1977–1995[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1983–present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 60[source] |
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| Canceled | — | 20[source] |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Manufacturer | — | Arsenal de Lorient[source]Tripartite class · French Éridan construction Béliard Shipyard[source]Tripartite class · Belgian Aster construction Van der Giessen-de-Noord[source]Tripartite class · Dutch Alkmaar construction Karachi Naval Dockyard[source]Tripartite class · Mujahid joint construction, source also names Arsenal de Lorient |
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