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Rigid Raiderlarger figure on 0 of 1
Type 271 landing craft
Measured figures
Length
Single source6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Rigid Raider | Type 271 landing craft |
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| Troops | 10 Royal Marines (2 crew, 8 fully equipped troops)[source] | — |
| Role | fast raiding and assault craft[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform | — |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom[source]Inventory Origin column; table 2, row 3, 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 |
| Builder | — | Qingdao Shipyard[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
54m[source]
fully armed troops
Single source300 fully armed troops[source]
Maximum; Speed
Single source13 kn[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| 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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| Type | — | Landing Craft Utility[source] |
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| Armament | — | Machine guns[source] |
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| Endurance | — | 20 days[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 100 t normal, 150 max[source] |
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