Guardian-class patrol boat vs Pashe-class speedboat

FORCETALLY

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APatrol & mine warfare vessels

Patrol boat

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

Fast patrol boat

First system

Second system

At a glance

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Guardian-class patrol boatLength

39.5 m

Pashe-class speedboatLength

19.5 m

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Guardian-class patrol boatlarger figure on 3 of 4

Pashe-class speedboatlarger figure on 1 of 4

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

9 of 23 rows sourced on both sides

39.5m

19.5m

Length+103%

All recorded figures & sources

39.5 m

Length

Single source

39.5 m (129 ft 7 in)^[source]

19.5 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Guardian-class patrol boat and Pashe-class speedboat configuration
Specification	Guardian-class patrol boat	Pashe-class speedboat
Displacement	—	30 tons full load^[source]
Power	—	Diesel^[source] 2 × MWM TBD 234 V12 engines, 1,646 horsepower (1.227 MW) 2 × shafts^[source]
Type	Patrol boat^[source]	Fast patrol boat^[source]
Propulsion	2 × Caterpillar 3516C diesels, 2 shafts^[source]	—

Armament	Australia shipped the vessels complete, except for weapons. 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns (Solomon Islands)^[source]	2 × 23mm/80 (twin)^[source]

Name	Guardian class^[source]	—

Builders	Austal^[source]	Marine Industries Organization^[source]

Operators	Papua New Guinea ( Military ) Tuvalu ( Police ) Tonga ( Military ) Samoa ( Police ) Solomon Islands ( Police ) Fiji ( Navy ) Palau ( Police ) Kiribati ( Police ) Vanuatu ( Police ) Republic of Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia ( Police ) Cook Islands ( Police ) Timor Leste ( Military ) Maldives ( MNDF Coast Guard )^[source]	Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps^[source]