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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4
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Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Condell-class frigate |
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| Displacement | — | 2,500 tons[source] |
| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2 × White/ English Electric steam turbines 2 shafts; 25,000 shp (19,000 kW)[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Condell class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Chilean Navy Ecuadorian Navy[source] |
Condell-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
113 m (371 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[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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| Completed |
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| Active |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | Frigate[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] | SISDEF Imagen SP 100 CMS 1 Type 965 air-search 1 Elta EL/M-2221GM fire control 1 Type 1006 navigation radar 1 Type 184P hull sonar[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] | 4 × Exocet MM40 Block 1 SSMs 1 × Vickers 114 mm/55 Mk 6 twin gun 1 × 20 mm Phalanx Block 0 CIWS 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm gun 2 × Mk.32 triple torpedo tubes[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd. , Glasgow[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Elisra NS-9003A ESM system 2 × Corvus trainable chaff rocket launchers Wallop Barricade double layer chaff launcher[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × AS-532 SC Eurocopter Cougar[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Fixed hangar for 1 medium helicopter Indal ASIST helicopter recovery system.[source] |
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