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
BNaval support & landing craft
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Offshore Raiding Craftlarger figure on 0 of 2
SAS Drakensberglarger figure on 2 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source9.1m[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Offshore Raiding Craft | SAS Drakensberg |
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| Power | Twin Steyr M0256K43 high speed diesel engines each developing 250Hp/184Kw at 4300rpm.[source] | 2×6600 kW B&W V12 engines driving a single variable-pitch propeller. Bow thruster[source] |
| Builders | Holyhead Marine Services[source] | — |
| Active | Several dozen CRC/ORC as of 2024 (troop-carrying and fire-support variants)[source] | — |
| Type | Fast Assault Craft[source] | — |
| Armament | Fwd; single or twin GPMG. Aft 2 off; .50 cal, GPMG or 40mm grenade launchers , Gau mini gun[source] |
147 m (482 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
4× Oerlikon 20 mm cannon ; 6 × 12,7 mm Browning machine guns[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 | — |
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| Name | — | SAS Drakensberg[source] |
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| Namesake | — | Drakensberg mountain range[source] |
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| Operator | — | South African Navy[source] |
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| Builder | — | Sandock-Austral , Durban[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 30 August 1984[source] |
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| Launched | — | 24 April 1986[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 11 November 1987[source] |
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| Identification | — | IMO number : 8644060 MMSI number : 460100910 Callsign : ZTRP[source] |
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| Status | — | in active service[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Replenishment oiler (AOR)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2× Atlas Oryx helicopters[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | 2 hangars[source] |
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