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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 2
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Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Type 037 corvette |
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| Power | — | 4 × diesel engines , 8,800 hp (6,562 kW) 4 × shafts[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | Hainan class[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | — |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy Bangladesh Navy Egyptian Navy Korean People's Navy Myanmar Navy Pakistan Navy[source] |
| In service | 1999–present |
Type 037 corvettelarger figure on 2 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
58.77 m (192 ft 10 in)[source]
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| Completed | 100+[source] |
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| Active | 67 (PLAN)[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Submarine chaser[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] | 1 × Type 351 Radar "Pot Head" surface search radar 1 × Soviet Tamir-II hull mounted or SJD-3 telescoping high frequency active sonar[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 4 × Chinese Type 66 57 mm (2.2 in) guns (2×2) 4 × Chinese Type 61 25 mm (0.98 in) guns (2×2) 4 × RBU-1200 or Type 81 ASW rocket launchers 2 × BMB-2 ASW mortars 2 × depth charge rails with more than 20 depth charges, and mine rails (10 mines total)[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 | China[source]Country/countries explicitly given in the equipment row Origin column; not the country operating the row. Hainan class |
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| Preceded by | — | Haizhui class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | type 056 / Jiangdao class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1964–1982[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1964–present[source] |
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| Lost | — | 1 (North Korean)[source] |
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