ANaval support & landing craft
Offshore Raiding Craft
small, fast boat used by the Royal Marines for troop insertion, and patrols
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ANaval support & landing craft
small, fast boat used by the Royal Marines for troop insertion, and patrols
At a glance
Offshore Raiding Craftlarger figure on 0 of 3
Protecteur-class auxiliary vessellarger figure on 3 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source9.1m[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Offshore Raiding Craft | Protecteur-class auxiliary vessel |
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| Power | Twin Steyr M0256K43 high speed diesel engines each developing 250Hp/184Kw at 4300rpm.[source] | — |
| Builders | Holyhead Marine Services[source] | Seaspan ULC , North Vancouver[source] |
| Active | Several dozen CRC/ORC as of 2024 (troop-carrying and fire-support variants)[source] | — |
| Type | Fast Assault Craft[source] | Joint support ship[source] |
| Armament | Fwd; single or twin GPMG. Aft 2 off; .50 cal, GPMG or 40mm grenade launchers , Gau mini gun |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
173.7 m (569 ft 11 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
2 × Phalanx CIWS 4 × .50-calibre RWS[source] |
| Armour | Dynema ballistic protection to defeat 7.62mm x 39 Ball at 20m. (optional)[source] | — |
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| 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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| Country of origin | United Kingdom[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 4, cell 2; revision 1373375989; retrieved 2026-09-30 | Canada[source] |
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| Name | — | Protecteur class[source] |
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| Operators | — | Royal Canadian Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Protecteur class[source] |
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| Cost | — | CA$2.6 billion (2015 estimate); $4.1bn (2020 estimate)[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — | 1 (Fitting out)[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 2 × MAN 12V32/44CR propulsion engines 2 × propulsion shafts 1 × bow thruster 4 × MAN diesel generators[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 × Ship-to-Shore Connector pontoon systems[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Command & control Lockheed Martin Canada CMS 330 Combat System OSI Maritime Systems Integrated Navigation and Tactical System (INTS) Rhode & Schwartz Communications Systems Surveillance & weapon sensors Saab Sea Giraffe AMB[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 × CH-148 Cyclone each armed with: 2 × Mk 54 MAKO Torpedo 1 × C6 FLEX 7.62 mm (0.300 in) GPMG[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Hangar and flight deck capable of holding Chinook size helicopters[source] |
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