- Domain
- Sea
- NCF capability
- Maritime security
- Military Balance category
- Patrol and coastal combatants
- SIPRI category
- Ships
- Evidence that places a platform here
- fast attack · missile boat · patrol (boat|craft|vessel|ship) · gunboat · torpedo boat · coastal patrol · inshore · fast (patrol|interceptor)
The 24 nations
None, legacy only, modern, or modern and on order. Modern: in service from 1995, or the current generations of fighters, tanks, submarines and long-range air defence.
United StatesNoneUnited KingdomModern · 1AustraliaModern · 11FranceLegacy only · 1GermanyNoneJapanLegacy only · 1South KoreaModern · 2CanadaLegacy only · 1ItalyLegacy only · 2IndiaModern · 19TürkiyeModern · 5Saudi ArabiaNoneBrazilLegacy only · 1IndonesiaModern · 10MexicoModern · 6ArgentinaModern · 4South AfricaNoneRussiaModern and on order · 6ChinaLegacy only · 9IsraelLegacy only · 6UkraineModern · 3TaiwanNoneIranModern · 7North KoreaLegacy only · 3
Generation timeline
Each platform from its first flight or launch to today, the 40 most operated, earliest in service first. Grey is development and, after the lead operator retires it, the years other nations keep it; colour is service.
- Development, from first flight or launch
- In service, from first deployment
- After its lead operator retires it, still held elsewhere
- Today
- Flag beside the name: the home country
Dates from Wikidata: first flights or launches for 0 of these 40, retirements for 0. A bar without grey at its start has no first flight recorded.
Platforms
Ranked by the number of the 24 nations that hold each.
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only fast attack and patrol craft in colour.
United Kingdom River-class patrol vessel 8
Australia ADV Cape Otway 23, HMAS Cape Woolamai 22, HMAS Cape Capricorn 13
France Flamant-class patrol vessel 3
Japan Hayabusa-class patrol boat 6
South Korea Yoon Youngha-class patrol vessel 18, Chamsuri-class patrol boat 17
Canada RCN Orca-class patrol vessel –
Italy Esploratore-class patrol boat 4, Cabrini-class patrol boat 2
India Car Nicobar-class patrol vessel 13, Sukanya-class patrol vessel 6, Bangaram-class patrol vessel 4
Türkiye Tuzla-class patrol vessel 16, Kılıç-class fast attack craft 9, Rüzgar-class fast attack craft 4
Brazil Grajaú-class patrol boat 12
Indonesia Antasena-class combat boat 1, Attack-class patrol vessel 1, Clurit-class fast attack craft 1
Mexico CB90-class fast assault craft 57, Azteca-class patrol vessel 20, Tenochtitlan-class patrol vessel 10
Argentina ARA Zurubí 1, Dabur-class patrol boat 1, Gowind-type design 1
Russia Grachonok-class anti-saboteur ship 24, Raptor-class patrol boat 17, Project 22160 patrol ship 4
China Type 22 missile boat 60, Type 037IG 22, Type 037II 22
Israel Sa'ar 4-class missile boat 10, Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat 10, Sa'ar 2-class missile boat 6
Ukraine Mark VI patrol boat 8, Small unit riverine craft 2, CB90-class fast assault craft 1
Iran La Combattante-class fast attack craft 7–13, C 14-class missile boat 6–12, Kaivan-class patrol craft 2–4
North Korea patrol vessel –, stealth ship –, torpedo boat –