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Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessellarger figure on 4 of 5
Measured figures
Length
Single source90 m (295 ft 3 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Samuel Beckett-class offshore patrol vessel | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Name | Samuel Beckett class[source] | T Craft class[source] |
| Builders | Appledore Shipbuilders[source] | — |
| Operators | Irish Naval Service[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| Preceded by | Róisín class[source] | — |
| Cost | € 71.9 million per unit including main gun |
T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 5
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22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
+ up to 10 trainees
Single source44 + up to 10 trainees[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| In commission | As of December 2018[source] | — |
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| Planned | — |
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| Type | Offshore patrol vessel[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 21 days[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 3 × 8 m (26 ft) RHIB[source] | — |
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| Capacity | 3 × 6.1 m (20 ft) sea container, 1 x 5 ton, 9.56 m (31.4 ft) crane aft[source] | 16 (1 officer)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Fire control: Electro Optical[source] | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 76 mm Oto Melara cannon 2 × 20 mm Rheinmetall cannon Mountings for 7.62 mm GPMG & .50 calibre HMG ( M2 Browning ) machine guns[source] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | UAV only[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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| 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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