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| Specification | Chinese ship Beidiao 993 | Rigid Raider |
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| Name | Beidiao 993[source] | — |
| Namesake | North Investigation[source] | — |
| Builder | Tongfang Jiangxin Shipbuilding Company, China[source] | — |
| Commissioned | December 2000[source] | — |
| Status | in active service, as of 2014[source] | — |
| Depth | 6.80 m (22 ft 4 in)[source] |
86.40 m (283 ft 6 in) o/a 81.50 m (267 ft 5 in) w/l[source]
Length
Single source6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)[source]
Displacement
Single source2,300 t (2,300 long tons ; 2,500 short tons )[source]
naval + 70 civilian
Single source30 naval + 70 civilian[source]
Maximum; Speed
Single source16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Role | experimental ship[source]The exact equipment subject, not its carried payload or supported platform | fast raiding and assault craft[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform |
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| Troops | — | 10 Royal Marines (2 crew, 8 fully equipped troops)[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | United Kingdom[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 3, cell 2; revision 1373375989; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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