Shaldag-class patrol boat vs T Craft-class patrol vessel

APatrol & mine warfare vessels

Shaldag-class patrol boat

Fast patrol boat

Credit

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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

T Craft-class patrol vessel

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Shaldag-class patrol boatLength

24.8 m

Length source ↗

T Craft-class patrol vesselLength

22 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Shaldag-class patrol boatlarger figure on 2 of 3

Length+13%
Draught+33%

T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 3

Beam+17%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

10 of 36 rows sourced on both sides

24.8m

22m

Length+13%

All recorded figures & sources

24.8 m

Length

Single source

24.8 m (81 ft 4 in)^[source]

22 m

Length

Single source

22 m (72.2 ft)^[source]

Beam+17%

All recorded figures & sources

6 m

Beam

Single source

6.0 m (19 ft 8 in)^[source]

7 m

Beam

Single source

7 m (23.0 ft)^[source]

1.2m

900mm

Draught+33%

All recorded figures & sources

1.2 m

Draught

Single source

1.2 m (3 ft 11 in)^[source]

0.9 m

Draught

Single source

0.9 m (3.0 ft)^[source]

72 tons

37t

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

72 tons^[source]

37 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

36 long tons (37 t)^[source]

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16Complement including one officer

Crew

All recorded figures & sources

16 people

Complement including one officer

Single source

16 personnel^[source]Complement including one officer

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Complement

All recorded figures & sources

15 people

Complement

Single source

15^[source]

93km/hMaximum; max

59km/hMaximum; Speed

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

93 km/h

Maximum; max

Single source

50 knots (93 km/h; 58 mph) max^[source]

59 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)^[source]

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980kmat 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)

Range

All recorded figures & sources

980 km

at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)

Single source

530 nmi (980 km; 610 mi) at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)^[source]

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1,500kWInstalled power

Power

All recorded figures & sources

1,500 kW

Installed power

Single source

2,000 hp (1,500 kW)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

Shaldag-class patrol boat and T Craft-class patrol vessel configuration
Specification	Shaldag-class patrol boat	T Craft-class patrol vessel
Name	Shaldag^[source]	T Craft class^[source]
Builders	Israel Shipyards Ltd.^[source]	—
Operators	See Operators^[source]	South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)^[source]
Subclasses	See Subclasses^[source]	—
Built	1989–present^[source]	—
In commission	1989–present^[source]	—
Type	Fast patrol boat^[source]	—
Propulsion	2 × MTU 12V 396 TE engines 2 × steerable KaMeWa water jets^[source]	2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets^[source]
Capacity	up to 6 tons^[source]	16 (1 officer)^[source]
Armament	1 × Typhoon Weapon System with 25 mm (1.0 in) gun 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 × 0.5-inch general purpose machine guns Depth charges^[source]	1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun^[source]
Alternative designation	Shaldag^[source]	—
Completed	—	6^[source]
Active	—	6^[source]
Class & type	—	Patrol boat^[source]
Sensors & processing systems	—	Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band^[source]
Country of origin	—	South Africa^[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference
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
Reported operators	Reported operator · Equatorial Guinea Reported operator · Israel Reported operator · Nigeria Reported operator · Philippines Reported operator · Senegal Reported operator · Sri Lanka Reported operator · Argentina Reported operator · Azerbaijan Reported operator · Cyprus Reported operator · Romania	—

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Shaldag-class patrol boat

T Craft-class patrol vessel

Name

Shaldag^[source]

T Craft class^[source]

Builders

Israel Shipyards Ltd.^[source]

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Operators

See Operators^[source]

South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)^[source]

Subclasses

See Subclasses^[source]

—

Built

1989–present^[source]

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In commission

1989–present^[source]

—

Type

Fast patrol boat^[source]

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Propulsion

2 × MTU 12V 396 TE engines 2 × steerable KaMeWa water jets^[source]

2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets^[source]

Capacity

up to 6 tons^[source]

16 (1 officer)^[source]

Armament

1 × Typhoon Weapon System with 25 mm (1.0 in) gun 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 × 0.5-inch general purpose machine guns Depth charges^[source]

1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun^[source]

Alternative designation

Shaldag^[source]

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Completed

—

6^[source]

Active

—

6^[source]

Class & type

—

Patrol boat^[source]

Sensors & processing systems

—

Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band^[source]

Country of origin

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South Africa^[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference

Manufacturer

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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

Reported operators

Reported operator · Equatorial Guinea
Reported operator · Israel
Reported operator · Nigeria
Reported operator · Philippines
Reported operator · Senegal
Reported operator · Sri Lanka
Reported operator · Argentina
Reported operator · Azerbaijan
Reported operator · Cyprus
Reported operator · Romania

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