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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessel
At a glance
Bay-class patrol boatlarger figure on 0 of 3
Warrior-class inshore patrol vessellarger figure on 3 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source38.2 m (125 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Bay-class patrol boat | Warrior-class inshore patrol vessel |
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| Power | — | 2 × Caterpillar 3512C HD/B diesel engines, 5,700 kW (7,600 hp ) 4 × fixed-pitch propellers 2 x stabilisers 2 x bow thrusters[source] |
| Name | Bay class[source] | Warrior-class[source] |
| Builders | Austal[source] | Damen Shipyards Cape Town, Damen Group[source] |
| Operators | Australian Border Force Marine Unit Sri Lanka Navy Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency[source] | South African Navy |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
62 m (203 ft 5 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 | — |
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| Active |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessel[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] | 1 x 7 m (23 ft 0 in) RIB 1 x 9 m (29 ft 6 in) RIB[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] | Reutech Radar Systems RTS 3200: a frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar/optronics tracker (FORT) Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar X-band and S-band radars, W-AIS, Inertial Navigation System, GPS, Optical Bearing Devices and various other navigation sensors.[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun[source] | 1 x 20 mm Denel Land Systems GI-2 cannon fitted in a Reutech Rogue Super Remote Weapons Station 2 × General-purpose machine gun[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 | Netherlands[source] South Africa[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Warrior-class strike craft[source] |
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| Cost | — | R3.6 billion ($228m USD) for three units (2018)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2018-present[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2022-present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 15[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Troops | — | c.14[source] |
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| Notes | — | Ability to accommodate containerised mission modules. Various layouts include one 20-foot and four 10-foot containers. Deck layout includes a knuckle boom crane, single point lifting davit rated at 5.7 tons and a single-point lifting davit rated at 2 tons.[source] |
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