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 3
Type 025 torpedo boatlarger figure on 2 of 3
Measured figures
Length
Single source22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | T Craft-class patrol vessel | Type 025 torpedo boat |
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| Name | T Craft class[source] | Type 025 (Huchuan)[source] |
| Operators | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy Romanian Naval Forces Bangladesh Navy Albanian Naval Force[source] |
| Completed | 220+[source] | |
| Active | — |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
22.5 m (73.8 ft)[source]
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
Complement
Single source11 to 16[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] | Surface search/fire control; Soviet Skin Head at E-band or Chinese Type 753 navigational radar at I-band[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] | Standard: 2 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes and 2 × twin 14.5 mm heavy 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 | — |
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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 | — | Hudong Shipyard , Shanghai[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Type 02[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Type 027[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1966[source] |
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| Type | — | Fast attack hydrofoil-torpedo boats[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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