APatrol & mine warfare vessels
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APatrol & mine warfare vessels
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T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 1 of 5
Measured figures
Length
Single source22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | T Craft-class patrol vessel | Tripartite-class minehunter |
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| Name | T Craft class[source] | Tripartite class[source] |
| Operators | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] | Initial Belgian Navy French Navy Royal Netherlands Navy Export Bulgarian Navy Indonesian Navy Latvian Naval Forces Pakistan Navy Ukrainian Navy[source] |
| Completed | 40[source] | |
| Active |
Tripartite-class minehunterlarger figure on 4 of 5
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
51.6 m (169 ft 3 in)[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.
22[source] |
| 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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| Sensors & processing systems | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[source] | 1 × DUBM 21B sonar 1 × Decca 1229 navigation radar[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] | 1 × 20 mm modèle F2 gun 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns 2 × 7.62 mm machine guns[source] |
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| Country of origin | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference | France[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 | Arsenal de Lorient[source]Tripartite class · French Éridan construction Béliard Shipyard[source]Tripartite class · Belgian Aster construction Van der Giessen-de-Noord[source]Tripartite class · Dutch Alkmaar construction Karachi Naval Dockyard[source]Tripartite class · Mujahid joint construction, source also names Arsenal de Lorient |
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| Succeeded by | — | City class Vlissingen class[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Éridan class Alkmaar class Munsif class Pulau Rengat class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1977–1995[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1983–present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 60[source] |
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| Canceled | — | 20[source] |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Type | — | Minehunter[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 × PAP 104[source] |
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