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BWarships
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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 4
Brazilian frigate Independêncialarger figure on 4 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Brazilian frigate Independência |
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| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | CODOG , two shafts 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B gas turbines 42,000 kW (56,000 hp ) combined 4 × MTU 16V 956 TB91 diesel engines 13,000 kW (17,000 hp ) combined[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Independência[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | — |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | — |
| In commission |
129.2 m (423 ft 11 in)[source]
Displacement
Single source3.355 t (3.302 long tons )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
2001–present[source] |
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| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | — |
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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] | Modernized: Alenia RAN-20S air search radar Terma Scanter surface search radar Orion RTN-30X fire control radar Saab EOS-400 optronic director Krupp Atlas EDO-610E hull mounted sonar SICONTA Mk 2 C3I system[source] |
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| Armament | 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] | Modernized: 1 × Albatros launcher for 8 Aspide surface-to-air missiles 1 × 114 mm Mark 8 gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × twin launchers for Exocet anti-ship missiles 2 × triple torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × double-barrel Bofors Boroc anti-submarine rockets[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Namesake | — | Independência[source] |
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| Builder | — | Arsenal de Marinha do Rio de Janeiro[source] |
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| Launched | — | 2 September 1974[source] |
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| Christened | — | 11 June 1972[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 3 September 1979[source] |
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| Home port | — | Rio de Janeiro[source] |
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| Identification | — | MMSI number : 710466000 Callsign : PWIN Pennant number : F-44[source] |
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| Motto | — | A Independência de todos depende de cada um de nós English: "Everyone's Independence depends on each one of us"[source] |
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| Nickname(s) | — | Léo Pirata[source] |
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| Status | — | Active[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Niterói -class frigate[source] |
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| Endurance | — | 45 days[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Modernized: Cutlass B1W ESM ET/SQL-1 ECM 12 × 102 mm decoy launchers[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | Westland Super Lynx Mk.21B helicopter[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Helipad and hangar[source] |
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| Used by | — | Brazilian Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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