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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Macaé-class patrol vessellarger figure on 3 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source55.6 m (182 ft 5 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Macaé-class patrol vessel | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Name | Macaé class[source] | T Craft class[source] |
| Builders | AMRJ , INACE[source] | — |
| Operators | Brazilian Navy[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| Preceded by | Grajaú class[source] | — |
| Succeeded by | Navio Patrulha de 500 Toneladas |
T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 4
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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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| In commission | 2009–present[source] | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Active |
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| Type | Offshore patrol vessel[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 16V 4000 M90[source] | 2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 × RHIBs[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Sperry Marine VisionMaster FT Integrated Bridge Navigation System FT250 X band and S band radars[source] | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × Bofors L/70 40 mm (fitted on Macaé and Macau ) 1 × Bofors Mk4 40 mm (fitted on Maracanã , Mangaratiba and Miramar ) 2 × Oerlikon GAM-BO1 20 mm[source] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Notes | Sources:[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Brazil[source]Macaé-class patrol vessel · origin explicitly stated in the linked current national-inventory row; no inference from operator or shipyard | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference |
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| Class & type | — | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 16 (1 officer)[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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