APatrol & mine warfare vessels
La Combattante III type fast attack craft
fast attack craft built in France for export
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APatrol & mine warfare vessels
fast attack craft built in France for export
BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Measured figures
Standard LaCombattanteIII design, not modified subclasses · Length
Single source56 metres[source]Standard LaCombattanteIII design, not modified subclasses
Configuration
| Specification | La Combattante III type fast attack craft | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Type | fast attack craft built in France for export[source] | — |
| Designer | Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN)[source] | — |
| Variants | Greek La Combattante IIIa class[source] | — |
| Name | — | T Craft class[source] |
| Operators | — | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| Completed | — |
Length
22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
Maximum; Speed
Single source32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)[source]
at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Single source530 nmi (980 km; 610 mi) at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)[source]
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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| Class & type | — | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets[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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| Armament | — | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference |
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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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