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
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Length
Single source22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
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| Specification | T Craft-class patrol vessel | Type 037 corvette |
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| Name | T Craft class[source] | Hainan class[source] |
| Operators | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy Bangladesh Navy Egyptian Navy Korean People's Navy Myanmar Navy Pakistan Navy[source] |
| Completed | 100+[source] | |
| Active | 67 (PLAN) |
Type 037 corvettelarger figure on 3 of 4
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58.77 m (192 ft 10 in)[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] | 1 × Type 351 Radar "Pot Head" surface search radar 1 × Soviet Tamir-II hull mounted or SJD-3 telescoping high frequency active sonar[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] | 4 × Chinese Type 66 57 mm (2.2 in) guns (2×2) 4 × Chinese Type 61 25 mm (0.98 in) guns (2×2) 4 × RBU-1200 or Type 81 ASW rocket launchers 2 × BMB-2 ASW mortars 2 × depth charge rails with more than 20 depth charges, and mine rails (10 mines total)[source] |
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| Country of origin | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference | China[source]Country/countries explicitly given in the equipment row Origin column; not the country operating the row. Hainan class |
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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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| Preceded by | — | Haizhui class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | type 056 / Jiangdao class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1964–1982[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1964–present[source] |
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| Lost | — | 1 (North Korean)[source] |
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| Type | — | Submarine chaser[source] |
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