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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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P21-class patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 3
T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 2 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source21.2 m (70 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | P21-class patrol vessel | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Builders | Austal , Henderson, Western Australia[source] | — |
| Operators | Maritime Squadron AFM[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| Preceded by | Swift -class Bremse -class[source] | — |
| Cost | € 9.3 million per unit[source] | — |
| Built | 2009[source] | — |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Single source530 nmi (980 km; 610 mi) at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| In commission | 2010-present[source] | — |
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| Completed |
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| Active |
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| Type | Inshore patrol vessel[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 3.4 m (11 ft) rigid hull inflatable boat launched from a stern ramp[source] | — |
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| Armament | 1 × 12.7mm machine gun 2 × 7.62mm machine guns Fire fighting water cannon[source] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Source measurement | In September 2012 P22 intercepted a boat full of illegal immigrants about 25 nautical miles south of Malta and rescued 11 of them. Another 30 people on board the boat refused assistance and continued their journey north.[source]P21-class patrol vessel · Service history / P22; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage | — |
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| Name | — | T Craft class[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | 2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 16 (1 officer)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[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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