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 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source9.1m[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Offshore Raiding Craft | Type 271 landing craft |
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| Power | Twin Steyr M0256K43 high speed diesel engines each developing 250Hp/184Kw at 4300rpm.[source] | two 6300ZC diesel @ 600 hp each[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] | Landing Craft Utility[source] |
| Armament | Fwd; single or twin GPMG. Aft 2 off; .50 cal, GPMG or 40mm grenade launchers , Gau mini gun |
Type 271 landing craftlarger figure on 2 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
54m[source]
Displacement
Single sourceLight Load inc fuel & 2 crew & armour, Full load
Single sourceLight Load 4760 kg inc fuel & 2 crew & armour, Full load 6000 kg[source]
max
Single sourcenormal
Single sourceBars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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 | China[source]Type 271 landing craft · origin explicitly stated in the linked current national-inventory row; no inference from operator or shipyard |
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| Builder | — | Qingdao Shipyard[source] |
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| Fate | — | Converted to Type 271II[source] |
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| Name | — | Type 271I landing craft utility[source] |
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| Operators | — | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | LCU 1600 series[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 271II[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Yupen class[source] |
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| Endurance | — | 20 days[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 100 t normal, 150 max[source] |
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400t normal, 500t max[source]