T Craft-class patrol vessel vs Vedette côtière de surveillance maritime

APatrol & mine warfare vessels

T Craft-class patrol vessel

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

Vedette côtière de surveillance maritime

Swift boat

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

T Craft-class patrol vesselLength

22 m

Length source ↗

Vedette côtière de surveillance maritimeLength

20 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 4 of 5

Length+10%
Beam+32%
Displacement+3%
Speed+28%

Vedette côtière de surveillance maritimelarger figure on 1 of 5

Draught+221%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 26 rows sourced on both sides

22m

20m

Length+10%

All recorded figures & sources

22 m

Length

Single source

22 m (72.2 ft)^[source]

20 m

Length

Single source

20 m (65 ft 7 in)^[source]

5.29m

Beam+32%

All recorded figures & sources

7 m

Beam

Single source

7 m (23.0 ft)^[source]

5.29 m

Beam

Single source

5.29 m (17 ft 4 in)^[source]

900mm

2.89m

Draught+221%

All recorded figures & sources

0.9 m

Draught

Single source

0.9 m (3.0 ft)^[source]

2.89 m

Draught

Single source

2.89 m (9 ft 6 in)^[source]

37t

31–41tonnes

Displacement

All recorded figures & sources

37 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

36 long tons (37 t)^[source]

31–41 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

31 to 41 t (31 to 40 long tons)^[source]

16Complement including one officer

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Crew

All recorded figures & sources

16 people

Complement including one officer

Single source

16 personnel^[source]Complement including one officer

—

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

8 people

Complement

Single source

8^[source]

59km/hMaximum; Speed

46km/hMaximum; Speed

Speed+28%

All recorded figures & sources

59 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)^[source]

46 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)^[source]

980kmat 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)

930km

Range

All recorded figures & sources

980 km

at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)

Single source

530 nmi (980 km; 610 mi) at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)^[source]

930 km

Range

Single source

500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi)^[source]

1,500kWInstalled power

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Power

All recorded figures & sources

1,500 kW

Installed power

Single source

2,000 hp (1,500 kW)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

T Craft-class patrol vessel and Vedette côtière de surveillance maritime configuration
Specification	T Craft-class patrol vessel	Vedette côtière de surveillance maritime
Name	T Craft class^[source]	Vedette côtière de surveillance maritime^[source]
Operators	South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)^[source]	France ( Gendarmerie maritime ) Senegal (customs) Moroccan Navy South African Police Service^[source]
Completed	6^[source]	30^[source]
Active	6^[source]	—
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]	Radar^[source]
Armament	1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun^[source]	Light infantry weapons, FM AANF1^[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	—
Subclasses	—	RPB 20 for export^[source]
In commission	—	11 June 2003^[source]
Laid up	—	1^[source]
Lost	—	2 (reportedly destroyed in Mayotte by Cyclone Chido in December 2024)^[source]
Type	—	Swift boat^[source]
Endurance	—	4 days^[source]

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T Craft-class patrol vessel

Vedette côtière de surveillance maritime

Name

T Craft class^[source]

Vedette côtière de surveillance maritime^[source]

Operators

South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)^[source]

France ( Gendarmerie maritime ) Senegal (customs) Moroccan Navy South African Police Service^[source]

Completed

6^[source]

30^[source]

Active

6^[source]

—

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]

Radar^[source]

Armament

1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun^[source]

Light infantry weapons, FM AANF1^[source]

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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Subclasses

—

RPB 20 for export^[source]

In commission

—

11 June 2003^[source]

Laid up

—

1^[source]

Lost

—

2 (reportedly destroyed in Mayotte by Cyclone Chido in December 2024)^[source]

Type

—

Swift boat^[source]

Endurance

—

4 days^[source]