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 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | T Craft-class patrol vessel | Tuzla-class patrol boat |
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| Name | T Craft class[source] | Tuzla class[source] |
| Operators | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] | Turkish Naval Forces Turkmen Naval Forces[source] |
| Completed | 26[source] | |
| Active | 26 |
Tuzla-class patrol boatlarger figure on 3 of 4
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55.75 m (182 ft 11 in)[source]
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
15 officers , 20 privates
Single source35 (15 officers , 20 privates )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| 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] | 25 kW X-Band Navigation Radar with ARPA/W(ECDIS) capability; Electro optical low-weight, multi-purpose, thermal imaging sensor; Optical Gyro compass with INS capability, Simrad SP92 Mk II hull-mounted low frequency Sonar[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] | 40 mm Oto Melara Twin compact gun , 2 × 12.7 mm Aselsan STAMP , Roketsan ASW rocket launcher , 2x4 Depth charges[source] |
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| Country of origin | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference | Turkey[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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| Builders | — | DEARSAN Gemi İnşaat Sanayi A.Ş (Dearsan Ship Construction Industry ltd.)[source] |
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| Planned | — | 26 (16 for Turkish Navy, 10 for Turkmen Naval Forces).[source] |
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| Type | — | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Endurance | — | 1500 nmi[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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