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
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Offshore Raiding Craftlarger figure on 0 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source9.1m[source]
Length
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| Specification | Offshore Raiding Craft | Sandhayak-class survey vessel (2023) |
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| Power | Twin Steyr M0256K43 high speed diesel engines each developing 250Hp/184Kw at 4300rpm.[source] | — |
| Builders | Holyhead Marine Services[source] | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers[source] |
| Active | Several dozen CRC/ORC as of 2024 (troop-carrying and fire-support variants)[source] | |
| Type | Fast Assault Craft[source] | Hydrographic survey ship[source] |
Sandhayak-class survey vessel (2023)larger figure on 3 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
110 m (360 ft 11 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Armament | Fwd; single or twin GPMG. Aft 2 off; .50 cal, GPMG or 40mm grenade launchers , Gau mini gun[source] | CRN 91 naval gun[source] |
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| 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 | India[source] India[source] |
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| Operators | — | Indian Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Makar class[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | Survey Motor Boats (SMBs) Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs) Multi Beam Echo Sounders[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × HAL Dhruv helicopter[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helipad[source] |
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