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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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OPV-70larger figure on 4 of 5
T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 5
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source70 m[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | OPV-70 | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Name | OPV-70[source] | T Craft class[source] |
| Builders | Raidco Marine Lorient STX France SA[source] | — |
| Operators | Royal Moroccan Navy[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| Built | 2008–present[source] | — |
| In service | 2011–present[source] |
22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
officers; ratings 4 pax
Single source64 officers; ratings 4 pax[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Class & type | Bir Anzaran class[source] | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Type | offshore patrol vessel[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | 2 x Wärtsilä 12V26 diesel engines[source] | 2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets[source] |
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| Endurance | 15 days[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | Fast intervention craft on the deck[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Surface search: DECCA Bridgemaster II radar[source] | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × Otobreda 76 mm 1 × Bofors 40mm 2 × 14,5 mm MG 2 × 12,7 mm MG[source] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | helicopter landing pad / no hangar[source] | — |
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| Capacity | — | 16 (1 officer)[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference |
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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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