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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Measured figures
Batch 1
Single sourceBatch 2
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | River-class patrol vessel | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Complement | Batch 1: 28-30 Batch 2: 34-50[source] | — |
| Name | River class[source] | T Craft class[source] |
| Builders | Batch 1: Vosper Thornycroft Batch 2: BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships[source] | — |
| Operators | Royal Navy Brazilian Navy Royal Thai Navy Royal Bahrain Naval Force[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| Preceded by | Castle class |
Batch 1: 79.5 m (260 ft 10 in) Batch 2: 90.5 m (296 ft 11 in)[source]
Length
Single source22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Subclasses | Krabi -class patrol vessel Amazonas -class corvette[source] | — |
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| Built | 2001–present[source] | — |
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| In commission | 2003–present[source] | — |
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| Planned | 14[source] | — |
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| Completed | 14[source] |
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| Active | 8 (Royal Navy) 3 (Brazilian Navy) 2 (Royal Thai Navy) 1 (Royal Bahrain Naval Force)[source] |
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| Type | Offshore patrol vessel[source] | — |
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| Endurance | Batch 1: 21 days Batch 2: 35 days[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | Two Pacific 24 RIBs; Batch 2: Small Unmanned underwater vehicles may be embarked for mine countermeasures[source] | — |
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| Troops | Batch 1: c. 18 Batch 2: up to 50[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Batch 2: Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar Terma Scanter 4100 2D radar BAE CMS-1 Shared Infrastructure operating system[source] | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[source] |
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| Armament | Batch 1: 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 × General purpose machine guns Batch 2: 1 × Bushmaster 30 mm cannon 2 × Miniguns (replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023) 2 × general purpose machine guns[source] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Batch 2: Merlin -capable flight deck; small UAVs may be embarked[source] | — |
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| Notes | Batch 1: 25-tonne crane Batch 2: 16-tonne crane[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom[source] | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference |
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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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| 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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