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small, fast boat used by the Royal Marines for troop insertion, and patrols
Offshore Raiding Craft is a fast Assault Craft. It was built by Holyhead Marine Services.
United KingdomHolyhead Marine Services
Several dozen CRC/ORC as of 2024 (troop-carrying and fire-support variants)
Fast Assault Craft
Light Load 4760 kg inc fuel & 2 crew & armour, Full load 6000 kg
9.1m
2.9m
Light 0.56 m, Loaded 0.69 m
Twin Steyr M0256K43 high speed diesel engines each developing 250Hp/184Kw at 4300rpm.
Light load 39 knots, Full load 32 knots (ORC); "up to 40 knots" (CRC)
In excess of 200 nautical miles (370 km) (ORC and CRC)
12 Royal Marines (1 driver, 3 gunners, 8 fully equipped troops)
Fwd; single or twin GPMG. Aft 2 off; .50 cal, GPMG or 40mm grenade launchers , Gau mini gun
Dynema ballistic protection to defeat 7.62mm x 39 Ball at 20m. (optional)
small, fast boat used by the Royal Marines for troop insertion, and patrols
Offshore Raiding Craft United Kingdom Rigid-hulled inflatable boat 27 (troop carrying) + 8 (fire support) 5 tonnes (4.9 long tons; 5.5 short tons) The ORC is designed for commando insertion/extraction, patrol, maritime interdiction and fire support missions, and can operate in two variants; the Troop Carrying version and the Fire Support Platform version. Swapping between these variants can be completed in 60 minutes.
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | 9.1 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 9.1 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Offshore Raiding Craft equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
United KingdomReported count for Offshore Raiding Craft. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): number: 27 (troop carrying) + 8 (fire support). Origin: United Kingdom. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.