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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4
German frigate Hamburglarger figure on 3 of 4
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Measured figures
Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | German frigate Hamburg |
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| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | CODAG (combined diesel and gas) 2 propeller shafts , controllable-pitch propellers 2 MTU V20 diesel engines , 7.4 MW each 1 General Electric LM2500 gas turbine[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Hamburg[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | — |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | — |
| In commission | 2001–present |
143 m (469 ft)[source]
Displacement
Single source5,800 tonnes[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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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] | 1 Thales Nederland SMART-L long-range air and surface surveillance radar ( D band ) 1 Thales Nederland APAR air and surface search, tracking and guidance radar ( I band ) 1 Thales Nederland Sirius IRST long-range infrared surveillance and tracking system ( fitted for but not with ) 2 STN Atlas 9600-M multi-function I / J band ARPA radars 1 STN Atlas MSP 500 electro-optical fire control system 1 STN Atlas DSQS-24B bow 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] | 1 OTO-Melara 76 mm dual-purpose gun 2 Mauser MLG 27 27 mm autocannons 1 MK. 41 VLS Tactical with 32 cells for 24 SM-2 Block IIIA and 32 RIM-162 ESSM (quad-packs per cell) surface-to-air missiles 2 RAM launchers with 21 surface-to-air/ CIWS -missiles each 2 quadruple Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers 2 triple torpedo launchers with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builder | — | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft , Kiel[source] |
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| Laid down | — | 1 September 2000[source] |
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| Launched | — | 16 August 2002[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | 13 December 2004[source] |
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| Identification | — | Pennant number : F220 MMSI number : 211905000 Call sign : DRAB[source] |
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| Status | — | Active[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Sachsen -class frigate[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 1 FL 1800 S II ECM suite 6 Sippican Hycor SRBOC launcher[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 2 Sea Lynx Mk.88A or 2 NH90 helicopters equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missiles Sea Skua , and/or heavy machine gun.[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Germany[source]German frigate Hamburg · Origin cell explicitly spans the exact named-ship row in the current inventory; not inherited from a separate class specification |
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| Used by | — | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |
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