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City-class mine countermeasures vessellarger figure on 4 of 5
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Length
Single source82.6 m (271 ft 0 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | City-class mine countermeasures vessel | Pashe-class speedboat |
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| Name | City class (Belgium) Vlissingen class (Netherlands)[source] | — |
| Builders | Designer: Naval Group Builders: Piriou Concarneau (France) Kership Lorient (France) Shipyard ATG Giurgiu (Romania)[source] | Marine Industries Organization[source] |
| Operators | Belgian Navy Royal Netherlands Navy[source] | Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps[source] |
| Preceded by | Tripartite class Alkmaar class[source] |
Pashe-class speedboatlarger figure on 1 of 5
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
19.5 m (64 ft 0 in)[source]
Installed power
Single source32 MW (43,000 hp)[source]
CODLAD : 1 × ABC 12VDZC diesel generator 2 × ABC 6DZC diesel generators 2 × MEP electric motors (1,800 kW each) Propellers : 2 × Wärtsila axles with fixed pitch screws 2 × Wärtsila transverse bow thrusters 1 × Wärtsila transverse stern thruster[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Cost | €166.67 million per unit[source] | — |
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| Built | Since November 2021[source] | — |
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| In commission | Since November 2025[source] | — |
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| Planned | 12[source] | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Type | Mine countermeasures vessel[source] | Fast patrol boat[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Systems Combat system: Naval Group Polaris system Drone management system and data analysis: UMISOFT suite Naval Group Multi-Drone Mission System (MDMS) Containerized Command and Control Centre with the Mine Warfare System (MWS) Sonars : Bow sonar: iXblue FLS 60 Towed sonar:ECA T18-M Autonomous drone with sonar for mine detection: ECA A18-M AUV (equipped with Exail UMISAS 120 sonar) Radars : Naval surveillance radar: Terma Scanter 6000 Target tracking radar: Thales NS50 AESA Electro-optical sensors : 2 × Sea Eagle FCEO stabilised cameras (HD and infrared) with laser rangefinder , (by Chess Dynamics) Communications : Saab TactiCall ICS communication suite Navigation : iXblue inertial navigation system Underwater drones : ECA Seascan MK2 (identifying mine) ECA K-STER C (disabling mines)' Patria Sonac ACS - Acoustic Minesweeping Systems drone Electronics for the drones by ST Engineering iDirect Belgium, a subcontractor of Exail[source] | Surface search radar , I-band[source] |
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| Armament | Guns : 1 × BAE Bofors 40 Mk4 2 × FN Herstal Sea deFNder (with FN M3R machine guns ) 4 × FN MAG ( general-purpose machine guns on board) Non-lethal weapons : 2 × water cannon 2 × Long-range acoustic device (LRAD)[source] | 2 × 23mm/80 (twin)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × UMS Skeldar V-200 unmanned aerial vehicles[source] | — |
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| Notes | Surface boats : 2 × 7 m SOLAS Viking RHIB 1 × ECA Inspector 125 unmanned vessel which deploys the drones equipped with an Exail FLS-5 sonar ) Others : Exail influence dragger with five integrated CTM magnetic modules 1 × overhead crane 1 × stern crane[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | France Belgium[source]Country/countries explicitly given in the equipment row Origin column; not the country operating the row. City class | — |
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| Role | — | class of fast patrol boat[source] |
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