The bow is sometimes misidentified as a ram, though its modest projection is hydrodynamic shaping rather than a weapon. At 2,380 tons, the class sits near a displacement that repeatedly appears in ocean-going patrol ships, corvettes, sloops, and small destroyers. Its dimensions are compared with the modern River-class offshore patrol vessel to show how a similar mission can return to a familiar scale even as hull proportions change. The ships are not equivalent in capability. The comparison instead shows how endurance, seaworthiness, and worldwide patrol duties repeatedly constrain designers toward certain broad size bands.
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A straight bow on a recurring patrol-ship scale
Comus's 2,380-ton dimensions place the class in a recurring ocean-patrol size band, while its nearly straight bow is hydrodynamic shaping rather than a true ram.