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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Measured figures
Mk I
Single sourceMk II
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Patrol Boat, River | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Name | PBR (Patrol Boat, River)[source] | T Craft class[source] |
| Builders | Uniflite, River City Machine Works[source] | — |
| Operators | See Operators[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| Preceded by | PTF boat[source] | — |
| Succeeded by | Special Operations Craft – Riverine |
31 ft (9.4 m) (Mk I) 32 ft (9.8 m) (Mk II)[source]
Length
Single source22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Cost | $75,000 ($593,000 in 2018 dollars)[source] | — |
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| Built | Dec. 1965 – Sep. 1980, 1990[source] | — |
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| In service | 1966–2019[source] | — |
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| Completed | 161 (Mark I) and 418 (Mark II) 6 (Mark II Replacements - RCMW)[source] |
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| Active | 13[source] |
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| Lost | at least 19[source] | — |
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| Preserved | 27 non-operational 9 operational[source] | — |
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| Type | Riverine patrol boat[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Raytheon 1900 radar unit[source] | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × twin .50 caliber (12.7 mm) M2HB Browning machine guns or 1 × single (20 mm) Mk12 Colt 20 mm cannon (forward, in a rotating tub) 1 × single (81 mm) M252 mortar or 1 × single M2HB (rear) 1 or 2 × 7.62 mm M60 machine gun (s) (side-mounted) 1 × 40 mm Mk 18 grenade launcher (pintle mount)[source] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Armor | Ceramic armor shields fitted to guns, bridge. Also crew-applied ballistic blankets to protect the coxswain in the control cockpit.[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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| 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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