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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
At a glance
Gowind-class designlarger figure on 1 of 2
T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 2
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Measured figures
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
+ 15 Special forces
Single source65 + 15 Special forces[source]
Installed power
Single source2,000 hp (1,500 kW)[source]
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Configuration
| Specification | Gowind-class design | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Gowind class[source] | T Craft class[source] |
| Builders | Naval Group Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation / Lumut Naval Shipyard Alexandria Shipyard[source] | — |
| Operators | Egyptian Navy Argentine Navy United Arab Emirates Navy Future operators Royal Malaysian Navy[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| Subclasses | Kership[source] | — |
| Cost | Gowind 1000: € 80 million (2014) (equivalent to € 96.8 million in 2025) per unit Gowind 2500: € 550 million (2026) per unit Gowind 3100: RM 1.5 billion (2011) per unit + ToT (ceiling)[source] | — |
| In commission | 22 September 2017 – present[source] | — |
| Planned | 20[source] | — |
| Building | — | |
| Completed | ||
| Canceled | 5 (1 Royal Malaysian Navy, 4 Romanian Navy)[source] | — |
| Active | 12 (4 Egyptian Navy, 4 Argentine Navy, 2 UAE Navy)[source] | |
| Type | Frigate , Corvette , Offshore patrol vessel[source] | — |
| Propulsion | CODAD[source] | 2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets[source] |
| Endurance | 21 days[source] | — |
| Sensors & processing systems | SMART-S MK2 3D radar CAPTAS-2 variable depth sonar SETIS combat system by Naval Group[source] | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[source] |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | VIGILE 200 Tactical R-ESM System ALTESSE Naval C-ESM[source] | — |
| Armament | 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm or Bofors 57 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/70 2 × KNDS Narwhal 20 mm or MSI DS30M 30 mm cannon 8 - 16 × VLS for VL MICA 4 - 8 × Exocet or Naval Strike Missile anti ship missile 2 × triple torpedo launcher[source] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × 5-tons helicopter or 1 × 10-tons helicopter (supported) Schiebel Camcopter S-100[source] | — |
| Aviation facilities | Stern hangar Helicopter landing platform[source] | — |
| Class & type | — | Patrol boat[source] |
| Capacity | — | 16 (1 officer)[source] |
| Country of origin | — | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference |
| 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 |