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 1
Ultra Fast Attack Craftlarger figure on 0 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
Complement
Single source10–12[source]
Installed power
Single source2,000 hp (1,500 kW)[source]
2 × MTU 12V 396 TE 94 (1,630 kW; 2,190 hp each) driving with 2 x Kamewa water jets and 2 × DEUTZ TBD 620 V16 main engines (3,410 kW; 4,570 hp each) and two Arneson ASD-16 articulating surface drives (Sri Lanka) 2 x Paxman-Vega diesel engines driving with 2 x Kamewa water jets (Maldives)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Configuration
| Specification | T Craft-class patrol vessel | Ultra Fast Attack Craft |
|---|---|---|
| Name | T Craft class[source] | Colombo class[source] |
| Operators | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] | See Operators[source] |
| Completed | — | |
| Active | — | |
| 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] | — |
| Armament | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] | 1 x Typhoon stabilized system with M242 Bushmaster / Oerlikon 20 mm cannon , Automatic grenade launcher and machine guns (Sri Lanka) 1x 20 mm machine gun and 2x 7.62mm machine guns (Maldives)[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 | — | Colombo Dockyard Limited[source] |
| Subclasses | — | See Subclasses[source] |
| Cost | — | USD$2.95 million (Series III)[source] |
| In commission | — | 1996[source] |
| Type | — | Ultra fast attack craft[source] |
| Reported operators | — |
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