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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Cassiopea-class patrol vessellarger figure on 2 of 2
T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 0 of 2
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| Specification | Cassiopea-class patrol vessel | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Name | Cassiopea[source] | T Craft class[source] |
| Builders | Fincantieri – Muggiano[source] | — |
| Operators | Italian Navy Albanian Naval Force[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| Completed |
79.80 m (261 ft 10 in) oa 71.50 m (234 ft 7 in) pp[source]
Length
Single source22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
- 2 x shafts - 2 x diesel engines Grandi Motori Trieste BL-230.16 propulsion diesels 5.84 kW (7.83 bhp) - 3 x diesel engine generators Isotta Fraschini ID 36SS6V - 1 x diesel engine generator Isotta Fraschini VM-V6130T for emergency[source]
Installed power
Single source2,000 hp (1,500 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Active | Cassiopea (P 401) Libra (P 133) Spica (P 403) Vega (P 404)[source] |
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| Type | Patrol vessel[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 35 days[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × SMA SPN-748(V)2 Navigation radar 1 × AESN SPS-702(v)2 surface search radar 1 × AESN SPG-70 (RTN 10X) fire control radar 1 × GEM Elettronica Gemini-DB navigation radar[source] | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Elint equipment[source] | — |
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| Armament | 1 × OTO Melara 76/62mm Allargato gun 2 × OTO Melara 25/80 guns with Oerlikon KBA 25 mm 2 × 7,62 mm MG 42/59 machine guns[source] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 Agusta-Bell AB-212 ASW helicopter[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Hangar and flight deck[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Italy[source] | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference |
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| Class & type | — | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 16 (1 officer)[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | T Craft International[source]T Craft class · three source ships explicitly built by T CraftInternational T Craft International[source]T Craft class South African vessels P1552/P1553/P1554 built by T Craft International; no sibling equipment or later successor company inference |
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