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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Kondor-class minesweeperlarger figure on 2 of 3
Measured figures
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Single source51.98 m (170 ft 6 in) o/a[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Kondor-class minesweeper | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Builders | Peene-Werft , Wolgast[source] | — |
| Operators | Volksmarine German Navy Cape Verdean Coast Guard Estonian Navy Maritime Squadron AFM Tunisian National Navy[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| Succeeded by | Protector class (Malta) Diciotti class (Malta)[source] | — |
| Built | 1967-1970[source] | — |
| In commission | 1967-present[source] |
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.
22 m (72.2 ft)[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.
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| Completed | 21 4 modified[source] |
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| Active |
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| Type | Minesweeper[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | MD 40 diesel engines[source] | 2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 25 mm FlaK 2M-3 up to 28 mines or 20 depth charges[source] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Lost | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Country of origin | German Democratic Republic[source]Project 89 / Kondor original design | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference |
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| Name | — | T Craft class[source] |
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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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