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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
At a glance
Esploratore-class patrol boatlarger figure on 2 of 2
T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 0 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
LOA
Single sourceLPP
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Esploratore-class patrol boat | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Name | Esploratore class[source] | T Craft class[source] |
| Builders | Cantieri Navali Istria , CLEMNA and SIMAN Srl in Cadimare, La Spezia[source] | — |
| Operators | Italian Navy[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| In commission | 1997–2005[source] | — |
| Building | 4 |
- 37.16 m (121 ft 11 in) LOA - 34.65 m (113 ft 8 in) LPP[source]
Length
Single source22 m (72.2 ft)[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 | Patrol vessel[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 2 x GEM Elettronica navigation radars[source] | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[source] |
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| Armament | 1 x 12,7 mm Browning M2 HB (A61ADF) 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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| Country of origin | Italy[source] | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference |
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| Completed | — |
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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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