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

APatrol & mine warfare vessels

T Craft-class patrol vessel

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

Tapper-class patrol boat

Patrol boat

Credit

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

T Craft-class patrol vesselLength

22 m

Length source ↗

Tapper-class patrol boatLength

23 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 2 of 4

Beam+30%
Speed+28%

Tapper-class patrol boatlarger figure on 2 of 4

Length+5%
Draught+111%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 25 rows sourced on both sides

22m

23m

Length+5%

All recorded figures & sources

22 m

Length

Single source

22 m (72.2 ft)^[source]

23 m

Length

Single source

23 m (75 ft 6 in)^[source]

5.4m

Beam+30%

All recorded figures & sources

7 m

Beam

Single source

7 m (23.0 ft)^[source]

5.4 m

Beam

Single source

5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)^[source]

900mm

1.9m

Draught+111%

All recorded figures & sources

0.9 m

Draught

Single source

0.9 m (3.0 ft)^[source]

1.9 m

Draught

Single source

1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)^[source]

37t

62 tons

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

37 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

36 long tons (37 t)^[source]

62 tons^[source]

16Complement including one officer

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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

8 people

Complement

Single source

8^[source]

59km/hMaximum; Speed

46km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+28%

All recorded figures & sources

59 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

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

46 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)^[source]

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

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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]

1,500kWInstalled power

2 diesel engines , 2 × 1,200 hp (890 kW )

Power

All recorded figures & sources

1,500 kW

Installed power

Single source

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

2 diesel engines , 2 × 1,200 hp (890 kW )^[source]

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

Configuration

Details

T Craft-class patrol vessel and Tapper-class patrol boat configuration
Specification	T Craft-class patrol vessel	Tapper-class patrol boat
Name	T Craft class^[source]	—
Operators	South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)^[source]	Swedish Navy^[source]
Completed	6^[source]	12^[source]
Active	6^[source]	11^[source]
Class & type	Patrol boat^[source]	—
Propulsion	2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets^[source]	—
Capacity	16 (1 officer)^[source]	—
Sensors & processing systems	Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band^[source]	Kongsberg Maritime sonar^[source]
Armament	1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun^[source]	2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Mines and depth charges 4 Elma ASW-600 anti-submarine rocket launchers^[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	—
Builders	—	Djupviks varv^[source]
In commission	—	1993–present^[source]
Planned	—	12^[source]
Type	—	Patrol boat^[source]
Electronic warfare & decoys	—	Drone-jamming equipment^[source]

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T Craft-class patrol vessel

Tapper-class patrol boat

Name

T Craft class^[source]

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Operators

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

Swedish Navy^[source]

Completed

6^[source]

12^[source]

Active

6^[source]

11^[source]

Class & type

Patrol boat^[source]

—

Propulsion

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

—

Capacity

16 (1 officer)^[source]

—

Sensors & processing systems

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

Kongsberg Maritime sonar^[source]

Armament

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

2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns Mines and depth charges 4 Elma ASW-600 anti-submarine rocket launchers^[source]

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

—

Builders

—

Djupviks varv^[source]

In commission

—

1993–present^[source]

Planned

—

12^[source]

Type

—

Patrol boat^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys

—

Drone-jamming equipment^[source]