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Service Depicted: Other Service Camera Operator: THOMASSY · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Alvand-class frigatelarger figure on 4 of 4
BPS-500 missile boat
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Length
Single source94.5 m (310 ft)[source]
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| Specification | Alvand-class frigate | BPS-500 missile boat |
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| Displacement | 1,100 tons (1,540 tons full load)[source] | — |
| Power | 2 Paxman Ventura cruising diesels 3,800 bhp (2,800 kW), and 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM2 boost gas turbines 46,000 shp (34,000 kW) on 2 shafts[source] | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] |
| Name | Alvand / Saam class[source] | BPS-500 class[source] |
| Builders | Vosper Thornycroft , Vickers[source] | — |
| Operators |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Imperial Iranian Navy Islamic Republic of Iran Navy[source]
Vietnam People's Navy[source] |
| Succeeded by | Moudge class[source] | — |
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| Built | 1968–1972[source] | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] |
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| In service | 1971–present[source] | — |
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| Completed |
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| Active |
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| Lost | — |
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| Type | Frigate[source] | Guided-missile corvette[source] |
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| Armament | 4 × C-802 anti-ship missiles 1 × 4.5 in (114 mm) Mark 8 gun 1 × twin 35 mm (1.4 in) AA guns 2 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) guns 2 × 81 mm (3 in) mortars 2 × 0.50 cal machine guns 1 × Limbo ASW mortar 2 × triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes[source] | 1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS[source] |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom[source] | — |
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| In commission | — | 2001–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Tonnage | — | 850 tons (full load)[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] |
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| National origin | — | Russia[source] |
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| Alternative designation | — | BPS-500[source] |
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