T Craft-class patrol vessel vs Warrior-class inshore patrol vessel

APatrol & mine warfare vessels

T Craft-class patrol vessel

Warrior-class inshore patrol vessel — licensed reference photograph

BPatrol & mine warfare vessels

Warrior-class inshore patrol vessel

Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessel

Credit

Jordanroderick · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

T Craft-class patrol vesselLength

22 m

Length source ↗

Warrior-class inshore patrol vesselLength

62 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

T Craft-class patrol vessellarger figure on 0 of 4

None

Warrior-class inshore patrol vessellarger figure on 4 of 4

Length+182%
Beam+64%
Draught+344%
Displacement+2603%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

13 of 31 rows sourced on both sides

22m

62m

Length+182%

All recorded figures & sources

22 m

Length

Single source

22 m (72.2 ft)^[source]

62 m

Length

Single source

62 m (203 ft 5 in)^[source]

11.5m

Beam+64%

All recorded figures & sources

7 m

Beam

Single source

7 m (23.0 ft)^[source]

11.5 m

Beam

Single source

11.5 m (37 ft 9 in)^[source]

900mm

Draught+344%

All recorded figures & sources

0.9 m

Draught

Single source

0.9 m (3.0 ft)^[source]

4 m

Draught

Single source

4 m (13 ft 1 in)^[source]

37t

1,000t

Displacement+2603%

All recorded figures & sources

37 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

36 long tons (37 t)^[source]

1,000 tonnes

Displacement

Single source

1,000 t (980 long tons)^[source]

16Complement including one officer

—

Crew

All recorded figures & sources

16 people

Complement including one officer

Single source

16 personnel^[source]Complement including one officer

—

49Officers and Crew men (capacity for 62)

Complement

All recorded figures & sources

49 people

Officers and Crew men (capacity for 62)

Single source

49 Officers and Crew men (capacity for 62)^[source]

59km/hMaximum; Speed

49km/hMaximum

SpeedScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

59 km/h

Maximum; Speed

Single source

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

49.1 km/h

Maximum

Single source

37 km/h

Maximum; Cruising

Single source

Cruising: 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) Maximum: 26.5 knots (49.1 km/h; 30.5 mph)^[source]

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

7,400km

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]

7,400 km

Range

Single source

4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)^[source]

1,500kWInstalled power

2 × Caterpillar 3512C HD/B diesel engines, 5,700 kW (7,600 hp ) 4 × fixed-pitch propellers 2 x stabilisers 2 x bow thrusters

Power

All recorded figures & sources

1,500 kW

Installed power

Single source

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

2 × Caterpillar 3512C HD/B diesel engines, 5,700 kW (7,600 hp ) 4 × fixed-pitch propellers 2 x stabilisers 2 x bow thrusters^[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 Warrior-class inshore patrol vessel configuration
Specification	T Craft-class patrol vessel	Warrior-class inshore patrol vessel
Name	T Craft class^[source]	Warrior-class^[source]
Operators	South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)^[source]	South African Navy^[source]
Completed	6^[source]	—
Active	6^[source]	3^[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]	Reutech Radar Systems RTS 3200: a frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar/optronics tracker (FORT) Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar X-band and S-band radars, W-AIS, Inertial Navigation System, GPS, Optical Bearing Devices and various other navigation sensors.^[source]
Armament	1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun^[source]	1 x 20 mm Denel Land Systems GI-2 cannon fitted in a Reutech Rogue Super Remote Weapons Station 2 × General-purpose machine gun^[source]
Country of origin	South Africa^[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference	Netherlands^[source] South Africa^[source]
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	—	Damen Shipyards Cape Town, Damen Group^[source]
Preceded by	—	Warrior-class strike craft^[source]
Cost	—	R3.6 billion ($228m USD) for three units (2018)^[source]
Built	—	2018-present^[source]
In commission	—	2022-present^[source]
Planned	—	15^[source]
Building	—	0^[source]
Type	—	Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessel^[source]
Boats & landing craft carried	—	1 x 7 m (23 ft 0 in) RIB 1 x 9 m (29 ft 6 in) RIB^[source]
Troops	—	c.14^[source]
Notes	—	Ability to accommodate containerised mission modules. Various layouts include one 20-foot and four 10-foot containers. Deck layout includes a knuckle boom crane, single point lifting davit rated at 5.7 tons and a single-point lifting davit rated at 2 tons.^[source]

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T Craft-class patrol vessel

Warrior-class inshore patrol vessel

Name

T Craft class^[source]

Warrior-class^[source]

Operators

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

South African Navy^[source]

Completed

6^[source]

—

Active

6^[source]

3^[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]

Reutech Radar Systems RTS 3200: a frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar/optronics tracker (FORT) Kelvin Hughes Ltd SharpEye navigation radar X-band and S-band radars, W-AIS, Inertial Navigation System, GPS, Optical Bearing Devices and various other navigation sensors.^[source]

Armament

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

1 x 20 mm Denel Land Systems GI-2 cannon fitted in a Reutech Rogue Super Remote Weapons Station 2 × General-purpose machine gun^[source]

Country of origin

South Africa^[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference

Netherlands^[source]

South Africa^[source]

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

—

Damen Shipyards Cape Town, Damen Group^[source]

Preceded by

—

Warrior-class strike craft^[source]

Cost

—

R3.6 billion ($228m USD) for three units (2018)^[source]

Built

—

2018-present^[source]

In commission

—

2022-present^[source]

Planned

—

15^[source]

Building

—

0^[source]

Type

—

Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessel^[source]

Boats & landing craft carried

—

1 x 7 m (23 ft 0 in) RIB 1 x 9 m (29 ft 6 in) RIB^[source]

Troops

—

c.14^[source]

Notes

—

Ability to accommodate containerised mission modules. Various layouts include one 20-foot and four 10-foot containers. Deck layout includes a knuckle boom crane, single point lifting davit rated at 5.7 tons and a single-point lifting davit rated at 2 tons.^[source]