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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Guardian-class patrol boatlarger figure on 2 of 3
T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source39.5 m (129 ft 7 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Guardian-class patrol boat | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Type | Patrol boat[source] | — |
| Propulsion | 2 × Caterpillar 3516C diesels, 2 shafts[source] | 2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets[source] |
| Armament | Australia shipped the vessels complete, except for weapons. 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns (Solomon Islands)[source] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
| Name | Guardian class[source] | T Craft class |
22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Displacement
Single source36 long tons (37 t)[source]
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
Installed power
Single source2,000 hp (1,500 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Builders | Austal[source] | — |
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| 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] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
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| Preceded by | Pacific class[source] | — |
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| Cost | 30 million Samoan tālā ( which was A$ 15.88 million on 2021-08-05 )[source] | — |
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| Built | 2018–present[source] | — |
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| Planned | 24[source] | — |
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| Active | 14 (30 June 2022)[source] |
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| Lost | — |
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| Country of origin | Australia[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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| Capacity | — | 16 (1 officer)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[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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