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Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 2 of 4
Vedette côtière de surveillance maritimelarger figure on 2 of 4
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Configuration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Vedette côtière de surveillance maritime |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Bay class[source] | Vedette côtière de surveillance maritime[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | — |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | France ( Gendarmerie maritime ) Senegal (customs) Moroccan Navy South African Police Service[source] |
| In service | 1999–present[source] | — |
| Completed | 30[source] | |
| Active | — | |
| Retired | — | |
| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Swift 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] | Radar[source] |
| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | Light infantry weapons, FM AANF1[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 | — |
| Subclasses | — | RPB 20 for export[source] |
| In commission | — | 11 June 2003[source] |
| Laid up | — | |
| Lost | — | 2 (reportedly destroyed in Mayotte by Cyclone Chido in December 2024)[source] |
| Endurance | — | 4 days[source] |