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Rigid Raiderlarger figure on 0 of 1
Type 424 fleet service shiplarger figure on 1 of 1
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Length
Single source6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Rigid Raider | Type 424 fleet service ship |
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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 | Germany[source]Inventory Origin column; table 4, row 20, cell 3; revision 1364801796; retrieved 2026-10-02 |
| Builders | — | NVL Group[source] |
132 m (433 ft 1 in)[source]
sailors (ship operation) + 50 operators (electronic reconnaissance soldiers)
Single source50 sailors (ship operation) + 50 operators (electronic reconnaissance soldiers)[source]
In excess of
Single sourceIn excess of 120 nautical miles (220 km)[source]
6-cylinder turbo-diesel
Single source6-cylinder turbo-diesel , 240 hp (180 kW)[source]
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| Operators | — | German Navy[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Oste class[source] |
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| Cost | — | € 3.3 billion (2023) (equivalent to € 3.4 billion in 2025) for 3 ships + training centre[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Type | — | Signals intelligence gathering vessel[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Antennas Rohde & Schwarz ADD-557 for geo-location of communications and radar emitters (20 MHz to 8 GHz)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | ELINT : Rohde & Schwarz Kora ESM (waveband 2 GHz to 40 GHz) COMINT : Supplied by PLATH GmbH[source] |
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