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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 3
German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225)larger figure on 3 of 3
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Displacement
Single source7,200 tonnes[source]
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Configuration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) |
|---|---|---|
| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | CODLAG 1 × 20 MW gas turbine 2 × 4.7 MW electric motors 4 × 2.9 MW diesel generators 3 × gearboxes : one for each shaft and one to crossconnect the gas turbine to them 2 × shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × 1 MW bow thruster[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Rheinland-Pfalz[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | — |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | — |
| In commission | 2001–present[source] | — |
| Planned | — | |
| On order | — | |
| Building | — | |
| Completed | — | |
| Active | — | |
| Laid up | — | |
| Retired | — | |
| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | — |
| Tonnage | 850 tons (full load)[source] | — |
| Sensors & processing systems | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] | 1 × Cassidian TRS-4D AESA radar 2(?) × navigation radars IFF diver and swimmer detection sonar (no anti-submarine sonar) Laser warning KORA-18 Combined RADAR and COMMS ESM from GEDIS Link 11 , Link 16 , Link 22 communications systems[source] |
| 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] | Naval guns: 1 × 127 mm lightweight Otobreda naval gun with guided VULCANO ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than 100 km (62 mi)) 2 × 27 mm MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons 5 × 12.7 mm Hitrole -NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (manually controlled) Anti-air missiles: 2 × RAM Block II surface-to-air missile launcher/ CIWS , 21 cells each Anti-ship missiles : 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (interim solution until joint sea/land attack missile RBS 15 MK4 becomes available) Non-Lethal: Water cannons[source] |
| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
| Namesake | — | Rheinland-Pfalz[source] |
| Port of registry | — | Hamburg , Germany[source] |
| Builder | — | Lürssen , Wolgast Blohm+Voss , Hamburg[source] |
| Laid down | — | 29 January 2015[source] |
| Launched | — | 24 May 2017[source] |
| Acquired | — | 28 January 2022[source] |
| Commissioned | — | 13 July 2022[source] |
| Identification | — | MMSI number : 211923000 Callsign : DRAG Pennant number : F225[source] |
| Status | — | In active service[source] |
| Class & type | — | Baden-Württemberg -class frigate[source] |
| Boats & landing craft carried | — | Submarine ROVs 4 × 11 m (36 ft 1 in) RHIB , capable of more than 40 kn (74 km/h)[source] |
| Capacity | — | Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers[source] |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) ECM[source] |
| Aircraft carried | — | 2 × NH-90 helicopters[source] |
| Country of origin | — | Germany[source]German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) · Origin cell explicitly spans the exact named-ship row in the current inventory; not inherited from a separate class specification |
| Used by | — | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified |