Kangan-class ship vs Offshore Raiding Craft

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of Kangan-class ship

ANaval support & landing craft

Kangan-class ship

Auxiliary water tanker

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Credit

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BNaval support & landing craft

Offshore Raiding Craft

small, fast boat used by the Royal Marines for troop insertion, and patrols

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Kangan-class shipLength

148 m

Length source ↗

Offshore Raiding CraftLength

9.1 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Kangan-class shiplarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+1526%
Beam+641%

Offshore Raiding Craftlarger figure on 0 of 2

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 21 rows sourced on both sides

148m

9.1m

Length+1526%

All recorded figures & sources

148 m

Length

Single source

148 m (485 ft 7 in)^[source]

9.1 m

Length

Single source

9.1m^[source]

21.5m

2.9m

Beam+641%

All recorded figures & sources

21.5 m

Beam

Single source

21.5 m (70 ft 6 in)^[source]

2.9 m

Beam

Single source

2.9m^[source]

690mmLoaded

Draught

All recorded figures & sources

5 m

Draught

Single source

5 m (16 ft 5 in)^[source]

0.56 m

Light

Single source

0.69 m

Loaded

Single source

Light 0.56 m, Loaded 0.69 m^[source]

12,193 tons full load

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

12,193 tons full load^[source]

6 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

4.76 tonnes

Light Load inc fuel & 2 crew & armour, Full load

Single source

Light Load 4760 kg inc fuel & 2 crew & armour, Full load 6000 kg^[source]

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

14 people

Complement

Single source

14^[source]

12 people

Royal Marines (1 driver, 3 gunners, 8 fully equipped troops)

Single source

12 Royal Marines (1 driver, 3 gunners, 8 fully equipped troops)^[source]

28km/hMaximum; Speed

74km/hMaximum; " (CRC)

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

28 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)^[source]

74.08 km/h

Maximum; " (CRC)

Single source

72.228 km/h

Maximum; Light load Full load

Single source

59.264 km/h

Maximum; (ORC); "up to

Single source

Light load 39 knots, Full load 32 knots (ORC); "up to 40 knots" (CRC)^[source]

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> 370kmIn excess of ORC and CRC

Range

All recorded figures & sources

> 370 km

In excess of ORC and CRC

Single source

In excess of 200 nautical miles (370 km) (ORC and CRC)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Kangan-class ship and Offshore Raiding Craft configuration
Specification	Kangan-class ship	Offshore Raiding Craft
Power	Diesel^[source] 1 × MAN 7L 52/55A engine, 7,385 horsepower (5.507 MW) 1 × shaft^[source]	Twin Steyr M0256K43 high speed diesel engines each developing 250Hp/184Kw at 4300rpm.^[source]
Builders	Mazagon Dock, Bombay, India^[source]	Holyhead Marine Services^[source]
Operators	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy^[source]	—
Built	1978–1979; 1991–1992^[source]	—
In service	1978–present^[source]	—
Completed	4^[source]	—
Active	2 (verified, at least)^[source]	Several dozen CRC/ORC as of 2024 (troop-carrying and fire-support variants)^[source]
Type	Auxiliary water tanker^[source]	Fast Assault Craft^[source]
Tonnage	9,581 tons deadweight^[source]	—
Capacity	9,000 cubic metres (12,000 cu yd)^[source]	—
Armament	2 × USSR 23mm/80 (twin) 2 × 12.7mm machine guns^[source]	Fwd; single or twin GPMG. Aft 2 off; .50 cal, GPMG or 40mm grenade launchers , Gau mini gun^[source]
Country of origin	India^[source]Kangan-class ship · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact equipment row linked in the primary inventory identity column; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference	United Kingdom^[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 4, cell 2; revision 1373375989; retrieved 2026-09-30
Armour	—	Dynema ballistic protection to defeat 7.62mm x 39 Ball at 20m. (optional)^[source]
Role	—	small, fast boat used by the Royal Marines for troop insertion, and patrols^[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform

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Kangan-class ship

Offshore Raiding Craft

Power

Diesel^[source]

1 × MAN 7L 52/55A engine, 7,385 horsepower (5.507 MW) 1 × shaft^[source]

Twin Steyr M0256K43 high speed diesel engines each developing 250Hp/184Kw at 4300rpm.^[source]

Builders

Mazagon Dock, Bombay, India^[source]

Holyhead Marine Services^[source]

Operators

Islamic Republic of Iran Navy^[source]

—

Built

1978–1979; 1991–1992^[source]

—

In service

1978–present^[source]

—

Completed

4^[source]

—

Active

2 (verified, at least)^[source]

Several dozen CRC/ORC as of 2024 (troop-carrying and fire-support variants)^[source]

Type

Auxiliary water tanker^[source]

Fast Assault Craft^[source]

Tonnage

9,581 tons deadweight^[source]

—

Capacity

9,000 cubic metres (12,000 cu yd)^[source]

—

Armament

2 × USSR 23mm/80 (twin) 2 × 12.7mm machine guns^[source]

Fwd; single or twin GPMG. Aft 2 off; .50 cal, GPMG or 40mm grenade launchers , Gau mini gun^[source]

Country of origin

India^[source]Kangan-class ship · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact equipment row linked in the primary inventory identity column; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference

United Kingdom^[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 4, cell 2; revision 1373375989; retrieved 2026-09-30

Armour

—

Dynema ballistic protection to defeat 7.62mm x 39 Ball at 20m. (optional)^[source]

Role

—

small, fast boat used by the Royal Marines for troop insertion, and patrols^[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform