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ANaval support & landing craft
Submarine and Special Warfare Support Vessel
At a glance
Black Powder-class support vessellarger figure on 1 of 1
Rigid Raiderlarger figure on 0 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source250 ft (76 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Black Powder-class support vessel | Rigid Raider |
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| Name | Black Powder class[source] | — |
| Builders | Leevac Industries[source] | — |
| Operators | United States Navy[source] | — |
| Cost | US$152 million[source] | — |
| Completed | — | |
| Active |
6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)[source]
Maximum; Speed
Single source14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)[source]
In excess of
Single sourceIn excess of 120 nautical miles (220 km)[source]
6-cylinder turbo-diesel
Single source6-cylinder turbo-diesel , 240 hp (180 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Type | Submarine and Special Warfare Support Vessel[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | Diesel[source] | — |
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| Armament | 2 × Mk 38 Mod 2 25 mm autocannon Crew-served Browning M2 machine guns[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | United States[source] United States[source] | United Kingdom[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 3, cell 2; revision 1373375989; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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| Troops | — | 10 Royal Marines (2 crew, 8 fully equipped troops)[source] |
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| Role | — | fast raiding and assault craft[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform |
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